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Record Nr.

UNINA9910453120603321

Titolo

Engaging with the world : agencies, institutions, historical formations / / edited by Margaret S. Archer and Andrea M. Maccarini

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

0-203-06692-8

1-299-44800-3

1-135-07702-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (459 p.)

Collana

Ontological explorations

Altri autori (Persone)

ArcherMargaret Scotford

MaccariniAndrea

Disciplina

306.09

Soggetti

Social history

Critical realism

Globalization

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. I. Social ontology and a new historical formation -- pt. II. Being human and the adventure of agency in the twenty-first century : toward a sociology of engagement -- pt. III. The constitutionalization of the new world : realism and global order.

Sommario/riassunto

This title reflects the general theme of the 2010 IACR annual conference that was held in Padova, Italy, the aim of which was to provide a fresh view on some cultural and structural changes involving Western societies after the world economic crisis of 2008, from the point of view of Critical Realism. Global society is often regarded as disrupting identities and blurring boundaries, one which entails giving up ideas of structure and fixity. Globalization supposedly introduces?a ""liquid"" era of fluidity where everything is possible, and anything goes. Nevertheless, its current dynamics ar