Suffering and Evil

The Durkheimian Legacy
1. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-1-84545-519-4
Verlag: Berghahn Books

Buch, Englisch, Band 0, 204 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 482 g

Reihe: Publications of the Durkheim Press

Until recently the subject of suffering and evil was neglected in the sociological world and was almost absent in Durkheimian studies as well. This book aims to fill the gap, with particular reference to the Durkheimian tradition, by exploring the different meanings that the concepts of evil and suffering have in Durkheim's works, together with the general role they play in his sociology. It also examines the meanings and roles of these concepts in relation to suffering and evil in the work of other authors within the group of the Année sociologique up until the beginning of World War II. Finally, the Durkheimian legacy in its wider aspects is assessed, with particular reference to the importance of the Durkheimian categories in understanding and conceptualizing contemporary forms of evil and suffering.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Pickering, W. S. F.

Rosati, Massimo

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements

Prolegomena

Introduction: Suffering, Evil and Durkheimian Sociology: Filling a Gap

W.S.F. Pickering and Massimo Rosati

Reflections on the Death of Emile Durkheim

W.S.F. Pickering

PART I: SUFFERING AND EVIL IN DURKHEIM

Chapter 1. Le Suicide and Psychological Suffering

Sophie Jankélévitch

Chapter 2. Suffering and Evil in the Elementary Forms

Massimo Rosati

Chapter 3. Some Concepts of ‘Evil’ in Durkheim’s Thought

Giovanni Paoletti

Chapter 4. Suffering to Become Human: A Durkheimian Perspective

Mark S. Cladis

PART II: THE DURKHEIMIAN LEGACY

Chapter 5. Robert Hertz on Suffering and Evil: The Negative Processes of Social Life and Their Resolution

Robert Parkin

Chapter 6. Le Malin Génie: Durkheim, Bataille and the Prospect of a Sociology of Evil

William Ramp

Chapter 7. Evil and Collective Responsibility: The Durkheimian Legacy and Contemporary Debates

Massimo Rosati

Chapter 8. The Hague Tribunal: Critical Reflections Prompted by Durkheim’s Remarks on Suffering

John B. Allcock

Chapter 9. Looking Backwards and to the Future

W.S.F. Pickering

Notes on Contributors

References

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Pickering, W. S. F.
W. S. F. Pickering (1922-2016) was a retired Lecturer in sociology from the University of Newcastle upon Tyne. In 1991, he helped found the British Centre for Durkheimian Studies in the Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology, University of Oxford.

Rosati, Massimo
Massimo Rosati (1969-2014) was Associate Professor at University of Rome Tor Vergata, where he taught Sociology. He published articles on Durkheim and contemporary social theory. He was the editor of the new Italian edition of Durkheim’s The Elementary Forms of Religious Life and he was author of Ritual and the Sacred: A Neo-Durkheimian Analysis of Politics, Religion and the Self (2009).

W. S. F. Pickering (1922-2016) was a retired Lecturer in sociology from the University of Newcastle upon Tyne. In 1991, he helped found the British Centre for Durkheimian Studies in the Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology, University of Oxford.