Handbook of the Sociology of Morality by Steven Hitlin (English) Paperback Book

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The Handbook of the Sociology of Morality provides systematic compilation of the wider social structural, cultural, cross-national, organizational, and interactional dimension of human moral thought, feeling, and behavior. The text fills a niche within sociology, exploring an often-overlooked dimension of human social life.

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Human beings necessarily understand their social worlds in moral terms, orienting their lives, relationships, and activities around socially-produced notions of right and wrong. Morality is sociologically understood as more than simply helping or harming others; it encompasses any way that individuals form understandings of what behaviors are better than others, what goals are most laudable, and what "proper" people believe, feel, and do. Morality involves the explicit and implicit sets of rules and shared understandings that keep human social groups intact. Morality includes both the "shoulds" and "should nots" of human activity, its proactive and inhibitive elements.At one time, sociologists were centrally concerned with morality, issues like social cohesion, values, the goals and norms that structure society, and the ways individuals get socialized to reproduce those concerns. In the last half-century, however, explicit interest in these topics has waned, and modern sociology has become uninterested in these matters and morality has become marginalized within the discipline. But a resurgence in the topic is happening in related disciplines – psychology, neurology, philosophy, and anthropology - and in the wider national discourse. Sociology has much to offer, but is not fully engaged in this conversation. Many scholars work on areas that would fall under the umbrella of a sociology of morality but do not self-identify in such a manner, nor orient their efforts toward conceptualizing what we know, and should know, along these dimensions.The Handbook of the Sociology of Morality fills a niche within sociology making explicit the shared concerns of scholars across the disciplines as they relate to an often-overlooked dimension of human social life. It is unique in social science as it would be the first systematic compilation of the wider social structural, cultural, cross-national, organizational, and interactional dimension of human moral (understood broadly) thought, feeling, and behavior.

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First Handbook to discuss sociology and moralityIncludes contributions from psychologists, political scientists, education as well as sociologistsReopens a field long ignored by sociology but becoming prominent again

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Human beings necessarily understand their social worlds in moral terms, orienting their lives, relationships, and activities around socially-produced notions of right and wrong. Morality is sociologically understood as more than simply helping or harming others; it encompasses any way that individuals form understandings of what behaviors are better than others, what goals are most laudable, and what "proper" people believe, feel, and do. Morality involves the explicit and implicit sets of rules and shared understandings that keep human social groups intact. Morality includes both the "shoulds" and "should nots" of human activity, its proactive and inhibitive elements. At one time, sociologists were centrally concerned with morality, issues like social cohesion, values, the goals and norms that structure society, and the ways individuals get socialized to reproduce those concerns. In the last half-century, however, explicit interest in these topics has waned, and modern sociology has become uninterested in these matters and morality has become marginalized within the discipline. But a resurgence in the topic is happening in related disciplines - psychology, neurology, philosophy, and anthropology - and in the wider national discourse. Sociology has much to offer, but is not fully engaged in this conversation. Many scholars work on areas that would fall under the umbrella of a sociology of morality but do not self-identify in such a manner, nor orient their efforts toward conceptualizing what we know, and should know, along these dimensions. The Handbook of the Sociology of Morality fills a niche within sociology making explicit the shared concerns of scholars across the disciplines as they relate to an often-overlooked dimension of human social life. It is unique in social science as it would be the first systematic compilation of the wider social structural, cultural, cross-national, organizational, and interactional dimension of human moral (understood broadly) thought, feeling, and behavior.

Author Biography

Steve Hitlin received his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and is now Assistant Professor of sociology at the University of Iowa. His research interests include social psychology, self and identity, values, morality, social theory, life course studies and gender. His primary focus is on contributing to the sociology of morality, including building bridges between scholars and disciplines around this enterprise. In 2009, he received a grant from the National Science Foundation to host an interdisciplinary conference on the sociology of morality. His research focuses on various dimensions of the social shaping of individual moral orientations, as well as helping to establish the importance of moral dimensions for properly understanding social actors. His other research programs have looked at the development and social psychological nature of racial identities and attempts to empirically measure "human agency" to engage core sociological debates.

Table of Contents

Sociological Perspectives on Morality ("What Is It"?).- Back to the Future.- The Cognitive Approach to Morality.- Four Concepts of Morality.- Adumbrations of a Sociology of Morality in the Work of Parsons, Simmel, and Merton.- The (Im)morality of War.- Social Order as Moral Order.- Sociological Contexts ("Where Does It Come From?").- Natural Selection and the Evolution of Morality in Human Societies.- The Sacred and the Profane in the Marketplace.- Class and Morality.- The Unstable Alliance of Law and Morality.- Morality in Organizations.- Explaining Crime as Moral Actions.- What Does God Require? Understanding Religious Context and Morality.- The Duality of American Moral Culture.- Education and the Culture Wars.- The Creation and Establishment of Moral Vocabularies.- Morality in Action ("How Does It Work?").- The Trouble with Invisible Men.- The Justice/Morality Link.- Toward an Integrated Science of Morality.- The Social Psychology of the Moral Identity.- Morality and Mind-Body Connections.- Moral Power.- Moral Dimensions of the Work–Family Nexus.- Moral Classification and Social Policy.- The Moral Construction of Risk.- Moral Discourse in Economic Contexts.- Morality in the Social Interactional and Discursive World of Everyday Life.- Future Directions for Sociological Science.- Morality, Modernity, and World Society.- The Social Construction of Morality?.- What's New and What's Old about the New Sociology of Morality.

Long Description

Human beings necessarily understand their social worlds in moral terms, orienting their lives, relationships, and activities around socially-produced notions of right and wrong. Morality is sociologically understood as more than simply helping or harming others; it encompasses any way that individuals form understandings of what behaviors are better than others, what goals are most laudable, and what "proper" people believe, feel, and do. Morality involves the explicit and implicit sets of rules and shared understandings that keep human social groups intact. Morality includes both the "shoulds" and "should nots" of human activity, its proactive and inhibitive elements. At one time, sociologists were centrally concerned with morality, issues like social cohesion, values, the goals and norms that structure society, and the ways individuals get socialized to reproduce those concerns. In the last half-century, however, explicit interest in these topics has waned, and modern sociology has become uninterested in these matters and morality has become marginalized within the discipline. But a resurgence in the topic is happening in related disciplines - psychology, neurology, philosophy, and anthropology - and in the wider national discourse. Sociology has much to offer, but is not fully engaged in this conversation. Many scholars work on areas that would fall under the umbrella of a sociology of morality but do not self-identify in such a manner, nor orient their efforts toward conceptualizing what we know, and should know, along these dimensions. The Handbook of the Sociology of Morality fills a niche within sociology making explicit the shared concerns of scholars across the disciplines as they relate to an often-overlooked dimension of human social life. It is unique in social science as it would be the first systematic compilation of the wider social structural, cultural, cross-national, organizational, and interactional dimension of human moral (understood broadly) thought, feeling, and behavior.

Feature

First Handbook to discuss sociology and morality Includes contributions from psychologists, political scientists, education as well as sociologists Reopens a field long ignored by sociology but becoming prominent again

Details ISBN1441968954 Short Title HANDBK OF THE SOCIOLOGY OF MOR Language English ISBN-10 1441968954 ISBN-13 9781441968951 Media Book Format Paperback Year 2012 Publication Date 2012-12-06 Imprint Springer-Verlag New York Inc. Place of Publication New York, NY Country of Publication United States Edited by Stephen Vaisey Author Stephen Vaisey Pages 595 AU Release Date 2012-12-06 NZ Release Date 2012-12-06 US Release Date 2012-12-06 UK Release Date 2012-12-06 Publisher Springer-Verlag New York Inc. Edition Description 2010 ed. Series Handbooks of Sociology and Social Research Edition 2010th Alternative 9781441968944 DEWEY 177 Audience Professional & Vocational Illustrations 17 Illustrations, black and white; XIII, 595 p. 17 illus. We've got this

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