The Palgrave Handbook of Altruism, Morality, and Social Solidarity: Formulating a Field of Study

451 Pages·2014·2.88 MB·English

by  Vincent Jeffries

The Palgrave Handbook of Altruism,
Morality, and Social Solidarity

The Palgrave Handbook of
Altruism, Morality, and
Social Solidarity
Formulating a Field of Study
Edited by
Vincent Jeffries
THE PALGRAVE HANDBOOK OF ALTRUISM, MORALITY, AND SOCIAL SOLIDARITY
Copyright © Vincent Jeffries, 2014.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
The Palgrave handbook of altruism, morality, and social solidarity :
formulating a fi eld of study / [edited] by Vincent Jeffries.
pages cm
Includes index.
ISBN 978–1–137–39184–1 (hardcover : alk. paper)
1. Altruism. 2. Ethics. 3. Solidarity. 4. Sociology. I. Jeffries, Vincent.
HM1146.P35 2014
301—dc23 2014003318
A catalogue record of the book is available from the British Library.
Design by Newgen Knowledge Works (P) Ltd., Chennai, India.
First edition: August 2014
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Contents
List of Figures and Tables ix
Preface xi
Acknowledgments x v
Part 1 General Perspectives and
Future Directions
1 Altruism, Morality, and Social Solidarity as a Field
of Study 3
Vincent Jeffries
2 Virtues and Human Personhood in the Social Sciences 21
Margarita A. Mooney
Part 2 The Founders and
Intellectual Heritage
3 Durkheim’s Theory of Social Solidarity and Social Rules 4 5
Alexander Gofman
4 Beyond the Altruism-Egoism Dichotomy: A New Typology
to Capture Morality as a Complex Phenomenon 7 1
Raquel Weiss and Paulo Peres
5 The Explanatory Power of Ethics: The Sociology of
Jane Addams 99
Patricia Lengermann and Gillian Niebrugge
6 Pitirim Sorokin’s Heritage: From Core Ideas to Syntheses of
Theory and of Practice 1 23
Pavel Krotov
7 Modern Roots of the Sociology of Love: Tolstoy, Addams,
Gandhi, and Sorokin 1 49
Lawrence T. Nichols
v
vi Contents
Part 3 Core Ideas: Elaborations
and Implications
8 Six Sources of Altruism: Springs of Morality and
Solidarity 179
Stephen G. Post
9 Social Psychological Ingredients for a Sociology of
Morality 195
Steven Hitlin
10 On Social Solidarity 2 19
Christian Smith and Katherine Sorrell
11 S olidarity, Yesterday and Today 2 49
Edward A. Tiryakian and Jonathan H. Morgan
Part 4 Altruism, Morality, and
Social Solidarity: Interrelationships
and Applications
12 T he Evolution of Affect, Sociality, Altruism, and
Conscience in Humans 275
Jonathan H. Turner
13 M orality as a Cultural System: On Solidarity Civil and
Uncivil 303
Jeffrey C. Alexander
14 The Essential Interconnections among Altruism, Morality,
and Social Solidarity: The Case of Religious Altruism 311
Matthew T. Lee
15 Linking Morality, Altruism, and Social Solidarity Using
Identity Theory 3 33
Jan E. Stets and Kevin McCaffree
16 Making Morals: Standard-Setting in Organizations 353
Sorcha A. Brophy
17 Self, Identity, and Politics in the Study of Altruism,
Morality, and Social Solidarity: The Promise of
Deliberative Democracy 3 67
Peter L. Callero
Contents vii
18 Beyond Altruism: Philanthropy as Moral Biography and
Moral Citizenship of Care 3 89
Paul G. Schervish
Notes on Contributors 407
Name Index 415
Subject Index 427

Figures and Tables
Figures
14.1 S chematic relationship between morality, social solidarity,
and altruism 316
14.2 Schematic representation of Buddhist self-immolation 321
15.1 Identity model 338
Tables
2.1 C ompeting views of the human person in the social
sciences 3 5
3.1 Summary of Durkheim’s sociological explanation
of suicides 5 2
3.2 Cause and effect relationship between religious affiliation
and the percentage of egoistic suicides, according
to Durkheim 54
7.1 Comparisons, contrasts, and linkages 168
7.2 Lessons from the four figures for AMSS work 1 69
12.1 Variants of primary emotions 284
12.2 First-order elaborations of primary emotions 2 85
12.3 T he structure of second-order emotions: shame, guilt,
and alienation 2 86
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