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  • 5 - Émile Durkheim: Theorist of Solidarity

  • Edited by Peter Kivisto, Augustana College, Illinois
  • Book:
    The Cambridge Handbook of Social Theory
    Published online:
    03 December 2020
    Print publication:
    17 December 2020, pp 84-102

  • Summary

    This article illustrates how contemporary Durkheim studies offer a corrective to previous misinterpretations. They stress the significance of his work for subsequent developments in cultural sociology and his contribution to our understanding of solidarity, which has informed recent developments in civil society theorizing.

    Peter Kivisto is the Richard A. Swanson Professor of Social Thought at Augustana College and International Reader at the University of Helsinki’s Center for Research on Ethnic Relations and Nationalism (CEREN). He is the author or editor of 37 books and over 180 articles and book chapters.

The Cambridge Handbook of Social Theory
  • Volume 1, A Contested Canon
  • Edited by Peter Kivisto
  • Published online:
    03 December 2020
    Print publication:
    17 December 2020
  • This ambitious two-volume handbook of social theory consists of forty original contributions. The researchers take stock of the state of social theory and its relationship to the canon, exploring such topics as the nature, purpose, and meaning of social theory; the significance of the classics; the impact of specific individual and theory schools; and more. Both volumes reflect a mixture of what intellectual historian Morton White distinguished as the 'annalist of ideas' and the 'analyst of ideas,' locating theoretical thought within the larger socio-historical context that shaped it - within the terrain of the sociology of knowledge. Exploring the contemporary relevance of theories in a manner that is historically situated and sensitive, this impressive and comprehensive set will likely stand the test of time.

The Cambridge Handbook of Social Theory
  • Volume 2, Contemporary Theories and Issues
  • Edited by Peter Kivisto
  • Published online:
    03 December 2020
    Print publication:
    17 December 2020
  • This ambitious two-volume handbook of social theory consists of forty original contributions. The researchers take stock of the state of social theory and its relationship to the canon, exploring such topics as the nature, purpose, and meaning of social theory; the significance of the classics; the impact of specific individual and theory schools; and more. Both volumes reflect a mixture of what intellectual historian Morton White distinguished as the 'annalist of ideas' and the 'analyst of ideas,' locating theoretical thought within the larger socio-historical context that shaped it - within the terrain of the sociology of knowledge. Exploring the contemporary relevance of theories in a manner that is historically situated and sensitive, this impressive and comprehensive set will likely stand the test of time.

  • Conclusion

  • Edited by Jeffrey C. Alexander, Yale University, Connecticut, Trevor Stack, University of Aberdeen, Farhad Khosrokhavar, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris
  • Book:
    Breaching the Civil Order
    Published online:
    25 November 2019
    Print publication:
    12 December 2019, pp 268-284

  • Summary

    The development of a civil sphere implies the existence of a specific form of solidarity, broader than those created by physical co-presence, emotional attachment, repeated interaction, resource exchange, and political or religious homophily. Such a solidary sphere, sustained by a distinctive set of symbolic codes and embedded in specialized institutions, is a key element in the working of any complex, modern society and is a requisite for democratic governance in pluralist societies (Alexander 2006:38). It is, however, far from being the overarching, or even dominant, form of social organization. On the contrary, it is constantly encroached by the functional imperatives of other social spheres. It is often torn apart by the diverse (more particularistic) logics that other spheres nurture and advance. In any of its actually existing forms, moreover, the civil sphere is also highly fragmented and imperfect. Conceived, in principle, as an imagined community of equals, its actual practices are always defined by the particularistic understanding of its most established core groups.

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