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Teacher, scholar, and leader, Neil Smelser stands as an iconic figure in sociology in the second half of the twentieth century. The essays in this volume, written by prominent scholars from all wal...
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Teacher, scholar, and leader, Neil Smelser stands as an iconic figure in sociology in the second half of the twentieth century. The essays in this volume, written by prominent scholars from all walks of the social sciences, reveal the range and depth of Smelser's influence—and his substantial contributions to diverse fields such as British history, social change, collective behavior, higher education, the economy, and psychoanalysis.

Contributors: Jeffrey C. Alexander, Nancy J. Chodorow, Burton R. Clark, Yiannis Gabriel, Arlie Russell Hochschild, James M. Jasper, Christian Joppke, Alberto Martinelli, Gary T. Marx, Lyn Spillman, Piotr Sztompka, R. Stephen Warner, Christine L. Williams, Robert Wuthnow, Viviana A. Zelizer
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Price: $34.95
Pages: 286
Publisher: University of California Press
Imprint: University of California Press
Publication Date: 20 September 2004
Trim Size: 9.00 X 6.00 in
ISBN: 9780520241374
Format: Paperback
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"Why read an edited volume that spans so many areas and schools of thought? One reason is that Self Social Structure, and Beliefs is more than a demonstration of Smelser's insights in the work of accomplished students—informative as that is. It is a rewarding sampler of research agendas and theoretical viewpoints in our field. It reminds us of what sociology can do when we dare to appreciate complexity."
Jeffrey C. Alexander is Professor and Chair of Sociology at Yale University and the author most recently of The Meanings of Social Life: A Cultural Sociology. Gary T. Marx is Professor Emeritus at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and is the author of Undercover: Police Surveillance in America, among other works. Christine L. Williams is Professor of Sociology at the University of Texas, Austin, and author of Gender Differences at Work and Still a Man's World.
1. Mastering Ambivalence:
Neil Smelser as a Sociologist of Synthesis
Jeffrey C. Alexander, Gary T. Marx, and Christine L. Williams

PART I: SELF
Introduction: Christine L. Williams
2. The Sociological Eye and the Psychoanalytic Ear: Nancy J. Chodorow
3. The Commodity Frontier: Arlie Russell Hochschild
4. The Glass Cage: Flexible Work, Fragmented Consumption, Fragile Selves
Yiannis Gabriel

PART II: SOCIAL STRUCTURE
Introduction: Gary T. Marx
5. Rational Choice and Sociology: Alberto Martinelli
6. Enlisting Smelser’s Theory of Ambivalence to Maintain Progress in Sociology of Religion’s New Paradigm: R. Stephen Warner
7. Circuits of Commerce: Viviana A. Zelizer
8. Trust as an Aspect of Social Structure: Robert Wuthnow
9. The Organizational Foundations of University Capability: Differentiation and Competition in the Academic Sector of Society
Burton R. Clark

PART III: BELIEFS
Introduction: Jeffrey C. Alexander
10. Primordial Beliefs and Immigration Policy: The Case of Britain’s Patrials
Christian Joppke
11. Causal Reasoning, Historical Logic, and Sociological Explanation: Lyn Spillman
12. Intellectual Cycles of Social Movement Research: From Psychoanalysis to Culture?
James M. Jasper
13. Shaping Sociological Imagination: The Importance of Theory
Piotr Sztompka

List of Contributors
Index