The Sociological Tradition.

1967 ◽  
Vol 32 (4) ◽  
pp. 640 ◽  
Author(s):  
Talcott Parsons ◽  
Robert A. Nisbet
Keyword(s):  
Sociological Tradition

Theorising love in sociological thought: Classical contributions to a sociology of love

2017 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mihai Stelian Rusu
Keyword(s):  
Nuclear Family ◽  
Social World ◽  
The Body ◽  
Talcott Parsons ◽  
Sociological Tradition ◽  
Binding Force ◽  
Social Nature ◽  
External Pressures ◽  
The Social ◽  
Set Up

This article sets out to explore the contributions of classical social thinkers to a sociological understanding of love. It builds on the premise that despite its major relevance and consequential importance in shaping both individual lives and the social world, until recently love was a heavily undertheorised topic in the sociological tradition. Moreover, the body of disparate sociological reflections that have been made on the social nature of love has been largely forgotten in the discipline’s intellectual legacy. The article then proceeds in unearthing the classics’ contributions to a sociology of love. It starts with Max Weber’s view that love promises to be a means of sensual salvation in an increasingly rationalised social world based on impersonal formal relationships. Next, it critically examines Pitirim A. Sorokin’s integral theory of love. It then moves to address Talcott Parsons’ view on love as a binding force whose social function is to integrate the conjugal couple of the modern nuclear family in the absence of the external pressures exerted by the kinship network. The article concludes by showing how these conceptualisations of love were all embedded in wider theoretical constructions set up to account for the modernisation process.

A case of declining social cohesion: Italy in the new century

2009 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 37-67
Author(s):  
Antonio Chiesi
Keyword(s):  
Social Integration ◽  
Social Cohesion ◽  
Sociological Tradition ◽  
Recent Success ◽  
Relative Decline

Since the very beginning of the sociological tradition, terms like solidarity, social integration and social cohesion have been extensively used, being at the centre of the answer to the classical question “how society is possible?” (Simmel, 1903). The recent success of the latter term and a relative decline in the use of the formers has been explained by two main reasons (Chiesi, 2004):

Visions of the Sociological Tradition.

Social Forces ◽  
1996 ◽  
Vol 75 (1) ◽  
pp. 336
Author(s):  
George Ritzer ◽  
Donald N. Levine
Keyword(s):  
Sociological Tradition

Correspondence Analysis and Bourdieu’s Approach to Statistics

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julien Duval
Keyword(s):  
Correspondence Analysis ◽  
Multiple Correspondence Analysis ◽  
Social Spaces ◽  
Sociological Tradition

Chapter abstract Since the mid-1970s, Bourdieu used multiple correspondence analysis (MCA) on a regular basis in order to construct fields and social spaces. After having been long neglected, this part of his work has spurred a new interest for some years. This chapter aims to highlight the very original and rich thought that lies behind Bourdieu’s use of MCA, but which can lead to misunderstandings. The chapter emphasizes three main points: the specific (French) sociological tradition in which Bourdieu’s statistical practices were rooted; the importance of the stage that consists in establishing the data to construct social spaces in an adequate way; and the dialectic relation between the thinking in terms of field and the use of MCA.

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