The Anthem companion to Maurice Halbwachs / edited by Robert Leroux and Jean-Christophe Marcel.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Leroux, Robert, 1964- editor.

Marcel, Jean-Christophe, editor.

Series:

Anthem companions to sociology.

Anthem companions to sociology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Halbwachs, Maurice, 1877-1945.

Halbwachs, Maurice.

Sociology--History--20th century.

Sociology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 183 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Anthem Press, 2021.

Summary:

For a quarter of a century now, and more particularly over the last decade, Maurice Halbwachs has inspired a growing literature embodied by many sociologists and historians of social sciences, published for the most part in scientific journals, focusing on the sociological thought that Halbwachs developed in his writings. Then come many studies that emerge from the history of ideas and epistemology: these are entirely devoted to a particular facet of Halbwachs' work, either to place it in its scientific context or to discuss it on the basis of fundamental cognitive issues. <br><br>Our task is not to summarize or synthesize the thinking of Halbwachs, which would be far too vast an undertaking for an exercise of this kind. He was keenly aware of the most pressing epistemological and methodological questions surrounding the nascent sociology. He thought about the place of demography in the study of social life; he posed the problem of the role of psychology; and he considered the application of statistics. Better yet, he asked what a society really is: a kind of 'organization' trying to last and preserve itself, adapting to the conditions of its environment. There is no doubt that Halbwachs contributed to the emergence of sociology especially after World War I. His studies have always been innovative, part of the intellectual debates at the moment. In particular, his work invests the question of knowing if it was possible to study in a positive way human spirit, and especially intellectual faculties.

Contents:

Cover

Front Matter

Half-title

Series Page

Praise Page

Title Page

Copyright information

Contents

Chapter Int-11

Introduction

Chapter 1 A Theorist of Collective Memory

References

Chapter 2 Halbwachs and the Durkheimian Perspective on History

History as an Auxiliary Science: Émile Durkheim

Sociology and the particular sciences: The quest for the unity of knowledge

The importance and the role of history

Durkheim's campaign against traditional history

The limitations of the philosophy of history

A Theory of Collective Memory: Maurice Halbwachs

The sociology of memory

Memory and history

Chapter 3 Maurice Halbwachs, Sociologist of Memory: His Reception in Italy and the Development of the Sociology of Memory

Maurice Halbwachs, Sociologist of Memory

The Social Aspect of Memory

Maurice Halbwachs's Entry into Italian Sociology

Starting from Halbwachs: Some Lines of Development of the Sociology of Memory in Italy

Chapter 4 Population as the Body of Society

The Immediate Data of Social Consciousness

The "kind of life"

Matter, Society, and Social Classes

Natality and Mortality

Birth Control

Mortality and Lifestyle

Nuptiality

Social Change and Population Movements

Migratory movements

Rural Exodus and Immigration

Conclusion

Chapter 5 Urban Morphology and Social Morphology: Marcel Roncayolo and the Work of Maurice Halbwachs

Chapter 6 Halbwachs's Leibniz and Halbwachs's Sociology

Halbwachs's Leibniz

Leibniz and Halbwachs's Sociology: A Few Directions

Chapter 7 Halbwachs on Quetelet and the Use of Statistics in Sociology

Halbwachs's Interest for Social Statistics in Continuity with Durkheim's

From Quetelet to Halbwachs through Durkheim.

Quetelet's average person: An overview

Durkheim on Quetelet

Halbwachs on Quetelet

Further Comments on the Use of Statistics

Chapter 8 Maurice Halbwachs and the Sociology of Consumption and Social Classes

Needs, Consumption and Class Belonging according to Halbwachs

Chapter 9 From Criticism of Moral to the Probalistic Test

Chapter 10 The Age Criterion: Between Sociology and Biology

Chapter 11 Speculation: Order or Disorder?

Preamble

Speculation on the Stock Market and Power Conflicts among Real Estate Speculator- Investors

Real Estate Speculation and Planning: The Conflict of Rankings

End Matter

Contributors

Index.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 23 Feb 2022).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-78527-682-4

1-78527-681-6

OCLC:

1256261106