Doing Sociology in The Age of Globalization
The emergence of processes of globalization has gone hand in hand with a theoretical “crisis” in sociology. According to an increasing number of scholars, “global society” has transformed the “social” to such an extent that classical sociological
theory and that of the nineteenth century no longer seem adequate for conceptualizing not only the “new society,” but (human) society as such. The very distinction between human and non-human society has gone lost. In this context, is it still possible to formulate a “theory
of society” and what form should such a theory take?
Keywords: Disinterested behavior; global sociology; globalization; human/non-human relation; lib/lab thinking; multiple citizenship; post-Parsonsian re-formulation of AGIL; relational theory; social citizenship
Document Type: Research Article
Affiliations: University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
Publication date: 01 May 2012
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