Pacyfikacja, ryzyko i zaangażowanie w późnym kapitalizmie
Pacification, Risk and Involvement in Late Capitalism
Author(s): Marta BucholcSubject(s): Social Sciences, Sociology, Sociology of Politics
Published by: Instytut Filozofii i Socjologii Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: detachment; neutrality; engagement; involvement; risk; Max Weber; Norbert Elias
Summary/Abstract: The starting point is the chiasm in the sociological tradition between the quest for a neutral perspective and the social engagement. The author demonstrates that this chiasm has dictated the rhythm of the developments in social thought and research and academic institutions for more than a century. She analyzes three motifs in the common history of sociology and capitalistic culture: pacification, violence and risk. She also stresses the importance of detachment for the pacification in the Western culture. She claims that in late capitalism involvement has become a dominant tendency in thinking about social sciences, for which reason sociology is more of a fuel-provider for social fears than the factor favoring pacification, which is reserved for detached research attitude.
Journal: Studia Socjologiczne
- Issue Year: 221/2016
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 41-61
- Page Count: 21
- Language: Polish