The moral fabric in contemporary societies / edited by Grazyna Skapska and Annamaria Orla-Bukowska, with collaboration of Kryzysztof Kowalski.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Institut international de sociologie. World Congress (35th : 2001 : Krakow, Poland)

Contributor:

Skąpska, Grażyna.

Orla-Bukowska, Annamaria.

Kowalski, Krzysztof, 1969-

Series:

Annals of the International Institute of Sociology ; v. 9.

The Annals of the International Institute of Sociology. New series ; v. 9

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Moral conditions--Congresses.

Moral conditions.

Social norms--Congresses.

Social norms.

Civilization, Modern--21st century--Moral and ethical aspects--Congresses.

Civilization, Modern.

Civilization, Modern--20th century--Moral and ethical aspects--Congresses.

Social problems--Congresses.

Social problems.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (389 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston, MA : Brill, 2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Neither the title of the 35th Congress of the International Institute of Sociology, nor its timing and location were coincidental - The Moral Fabric in Contemporary Societies being discussed in 2001 in Poland, a country which had experienced two totalitarianisms in the previous century. The events of the new millennium thus far demonstrate that history is aimless unless the societies who are its agents have moral goals or visions which they pursue. The contents of this volume constitute the best evidence of a belief in the universality and importance of moral issues for the social sciences. The deliberations here cover the notion of trust, proceed with the issue of economic inequalities, discuss multiple modernities as a response to imposed modernization, debate postcommunism and corruption, and, finally, examine genocide and its social consequences. The book opens and closes with reflections on the theoretical aspects of what constitutes the moral fabric today.

Contents:

Preface, Grażyna Skąpska

SECTION ONE: THE MORAL FABRIC IN CONTEMPORARY SOCIETIES: TWO PERSPECTIVES

Morality in Contemporary Society, Masamichi Sasaki

Morality in Contemporary Social Theory, Grażyna Skąpska

SECTION TWO: TRUST IN CONTEMPORARY SOCIETIES

Trust: A Cultural Resource, Piotr Sztompka

Some Observations on Problems of Trust in Modern Societies, Shmuel Eisenstadt

SECTION THREE: PROMISES AND DISAPPOINTMENTS: EASTERN EUROPE AFTER COMMUNISM SEEN FROM SYDNEY AND PRAGUE

Parables of Hope and Disappointment, Martin Krygier

Everyday Democracy in the Czech Republic: Disappointments or New Morals in a Time of Neo-Normalization, Jirina Siklova

SECTION FOUR: DIVIDED WORLD - FACES OF INEQUALITIES

Dimensions and Processes of Global Inequalities, Göran Therborn

Postsocialist Transformations and Various Faces of Inequalities in the Divided World,

Pavel Machonin

SECTION FIVE: COPING WITH CORRUPTION

Is a Sociology of Corruption Possible?, Jacek Kurczewski

The Paths of Italian Corruption, Vincenzo Ferrari

Trust-Mistrust in European Democracies, Mattei Dogan

SECTION SIX:THE MORAL SENSE OF MODERNIZATION

The Moral Dimensions and Tensions of Modernity, Shmuel Eisenstadt

Varieties and Transcendence of Modernity, Björn Wittrock

Modernity, Tradition and the Shi`ite Reformation in Contemporary Iran?, Said Amir Arjomand

Literature and the Moral Imagination of Modernity, Sudipta Kaviraj

SECTION SEVEN: TERROR, GENOCIDE, AND VIOLENCE

The De-Civilizing Process, Eliezer Ben Rafael

"Women, children, older people": Genocide, Warfare, and the Functional Differentiation of Society, Klaus Dammann

Society as a "Morality-Silencing" Force: Primo Levi, Existential Power, and the Concentration Camp, Nigel Rapport

Answers to Atrocities, Nils Christie

AFTERWORD

The Moral Fabric: Diverse Textures in the Postmodern World, Krzysztof Kowalski& Annamaria Orla-Bukowska

List of Editors and Contributors.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

"Proceedings of the 35th Congress of the International Institute of Sociology, held in July 2001 in Krakow, Poland"--P. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-280-46753-3

9786610467532

1-4237-1102-5

90-474-0229-4

OCLC:

171583203

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789047402299 DOI