Social Ontology, Sociocultures and Inequality i, Baumann, Bultmann..

Name: Social Ontology, Sociocultures and Inequality i, Baumann, Bultmann..
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

Social Ontology, Sociocultures, and Inequality in the Global SouthAuthor(s): Benjamin Baumann, Daniel Bultmann\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367419073, 978-0367419073\nSynopsis\nChallenging the assumption that the capitalist transformation includes a radical break with the past, this edited volume traces how historically older forms of social inequality are transformed but persist in the present to shape the social structure of contemporary societies in the global South.\n\nEach social collective comprises an interpretation of itself including the meaning of life, the concept of a human person, and the notion of a collective. This volume studies the interpretation that various social collectives have of themselves. This interpretation is referred to as social ontology. All chapters of the edited volume focus on the relation between social ontology and structures of inequality. They argue that each society com.