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Conceptualising Community

Beyond the State and Individual

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  1. David Studdert
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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vii
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • David Studdert
      Pages 1-5

  3. Conceiving Community and Sociality

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 7-7
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    2. The Social Science Approach to Sociality and Community

      • David Studdert
      Pages 9-30

    3. Social Capital and New Forms of Trust

      • David Studdert
      Pages 31-45

    4. The Third Way and Communitarians

      • David Studdert
      Pages 46-65

    5. Foucault and Cultural Discourses

      • David Studdert
      Pages 66-84

  4. Current Conceptions — Problems with Method

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 85-85
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    2. The Individual/State Axis

      • David Studdert
      Pages 87-113

    3. Mechanistic Theory and the Social

      • David Studdert
      Pages 114-132

  5. New Conceptions — Community through Sociality

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 133-133
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    2. Arendt: Sociality and Community on its Own Terms

      • David Studdert
      Pages 135-157

    3. Community through Sociality

      • David Studdert
      Pages 158-185

    4. Conclusion: Looking Forward

      • David Studdert
      Pages 186-193

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 194-221
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About this book

Community is the dark shadow of sociology - an issue around which sociologists always duck and dive. This book examines the reasons for this reticence through an exegesis of contemporary debates. Additionally it utilizes the work of Hannah Arendt to propose an alternative anti-mechanistic and anti-essentialist approach to community and sociality; an approach that not only moves beyond Foucault and his oppositional work but also offers perhaps the basis for a different approach to politics.

About the author

DAVID STUDDERT is a Research Fellow at the Open University, UK.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Conceptualising Community

  • Book Subtitle: Beyond the State and Individual

  • Authors: David Studdert

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230505568

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Social & Cultural Studies Collection, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2005

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4039-4636-2Published: 06 December 2005

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-52355-9Published: 01 January 2005

  • eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-50556-8Published: 06 December 2005

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VII, 221

  • Topics: Social Theory, Sociology, general

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