Social capital, social identities : from ownership to belonging / edited by Dieter Thomä, Christoph Henning, and Hans Bernhard Schmid.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Thomä, Dieter, 1959- editor.

Henning, Christoph, 1973- editor.

Schmid, Hans Bernhard, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social capital (Sociology).

Group identity.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (240 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2014]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Front matter

Table of Contents

Introduction / Thomä, Dieter / Henning, Christoph / Schmid, Hans Bernhard

Varieties of Belonging: Between Appropriation and Familiarization / Thomä, Dieter

Cultural Capital and Elective Belonging: A British Case Study / Savage, Mike

Structures of Belonging, Types of Social Capital, and Modes of Trust / Endress, Martin

Trust and Cooperation among Economic Agents / Dasgupta, Partha

Respect, Concern, and Membership / Darwall, Stephen

Social Capital and Self-Alienation / Schmid, Hans Bernhard

Cement of Society? Why Civil Religion is unfit to create Social Bonds / Rehm, Michaela

The Social Capital of Religious Communities in the Age of Globalization / Kippenberg, Hans G.

Social Capital and Power: A Sociological Point of View / Schultheis, Franz

Modernity, Welfare State, and Inequality / Diewald, Martin / Luedicke, Joerg

Social Capital, Public Goods, or the Common Good? / Henning, Christoph

Notes on Contributors

Index of Persons

Index of Subjects

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9783110381825

3110381826

9783110292930

3110292939

OCLC:

890070925