Thomä / Henning / Schmid Social Capital, Social Identities

From Ownership to Belonging
1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-3-11-029293-0
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 239 Seiten

Current research on social capital tends to focus on an economic reading of social relations. Whereas economists pride themselves on reaching out to social theory at-large, sociologists criticize the economization of the social fabric. The concept of social capital serves as a touchstone for the study of the role of the economy in modern societies. It serves as a breach for expanding the reach of economic categories, yet it also yields the opportunity for questioning and transforming economic premises in the light of social theory and philosophy. Exploring the concept of social capital in the context of related terms like embeddedness, trust, sociability, and cooperation is particularly instructive. This collection of papers from various disciplines (philosophy, sociology, economics, religious studies) combines conceptual studies and empirical findings. It is a plea for re-embedding economic thought in a broader theoretical framework. By exploring the varieties of social identities implied in the theories of social capital, the authors argue for a social (or more sociable) conception of man.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Thomä, Dieter

Henning, Christoph

Schmid, Hans Bernhard

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Gesellschaftstheorie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Introduction;7
2;Varieties of Belonging: Between Appropriation and Familiarization;13
3;Cultural Capital and Elective Belonging: A British Case Study;35
4;Structures of Belonging, Types of Social Capital, and Modes of Trust;61
5;Trust and Cooperation among Economic Agents;81
6;Respect, Concern, and Membership;99
7;Social Capital and Self-Alienation An Augustinian Look at the Dark Heart of Community;111
8;Cement of Society? Why Civil Religion is unfit to create Social Bonds;129
9;The Social Capital of Religious Communities in the Age of Globalization;141
10;Social Capital and Power: A Sociological Point of View The Two Faces of Social Capital;157
11;Modernity, Welfare State, and Inequality Individual and Societal Preconditions of Social Capital;171
12;Social Capital, Public Goods, or the Common Good? Equality as a Hidden Agenda in Current Debates;203
13;Notes on Contributors;231
14;Index of Persons;235
15;Index of Subjects;237

Über Autor(innen)

Dieter Thomä, St. Gallen, Switzerland; Hans Bernhard Schmid, Vienna, Austria; Christoph Henning, St. Gallen, Switzerland.