Deep Change and Emergent Structures in Global Society Explorations i
This book addresses the problem of the transition to new forms of social order in the global world. As a haunting sense of historical discontinuity pervades Western societies, it offers a fresh perspective on the issue, focusing on two basic coordinates t
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Deep Change and Emergent Structures in Global Society Explorations in Social Morphogenesis
Deep Change and Emergent Structures in Global Society
Andrea M. Maccarini
Deep Change and Emergent Structures in Global Society Explorations in Social Morphogenesis
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Andrea M. Maccarini Department of Political Science Law and International Studies University of Padova Padova, Italy
ISBN 978-3-030-13623-9 ISBN 978-3-030-13624-6 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-13624-6
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To Sara, my companion in life and thought. Et tuum est quod habeo
Preface
This book has a relatively long story, about which I would like to inform readers. As an intellectual enterprise, the idea of writing a volume that would elaborate on sociological theory, discussing some of its central problems and the most fruitful approaches, had appealed to me for years. However, notes and drafts lay patiently waiting amid the ordinary chaos of academic life. The opportunity came with the invitation to participate in the workshops launched by the Center for Social Ontology, led by Margaret Archer and supported by the Independent Social Research Foundation. For five consecutive years starting in 2012, an international group of scholars met in various European cities. The product of those meetings was five volumes, published by Springer from 2013 to 2017. Our work revolved around an explorative hypothesis about macro-social change, namely that of an emergent ‘morphogenic society’. Such a conceptualization prompted our debates, which were extremely rich and stimulating, and provided a unitary vantage
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