Transcending Modernity with Relational Thinking ¦ Pierpaolo Donati 9780367705121

Name: Transcending Modernity with Relational Thinking ¦ Pierpaolo Donati 9780367705121
Brand: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Taylor & Francis Ltd

Transcending Modernity with Relational ThinkingAuthor(s): Pierpaolo Donati\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367705121, 978-0367705121\nSynopsis\nThe Open Access version of this book, available at [url] has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives [url] license.\n\nThis book explores the ways in which social relations are profoundly changing modern society, arguing that, constituting a reality of their own, social relations will ultimately lead to a new form of society: an aftermodern or relational society. Drawing on the thought of Simmel, it extends the idea that society consists essentially of social relations, in order to make sense of the operation of dichotomous forces in society and to examine the emergence of a \""third\"" in the morphogenetic processes. Through a realist and critical relational sociology, which allows for the fact that human beings are both inte.