Overview
- The first volume to respond directly to the “pathologies of recognition” debate that has grown in intensity since 2007
- Champions multiple ways of conducting social criticism that push beyond the dominant social pathology paradigms in contemporary scholarship
- Extends social pathology scholarship in discussions of Brexit, far-right populism, and emerging technologies
Part of the book series: Political Philosophy and Public Purpose (POPHPUPU)
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Table of contents (11 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Explorations in Contemporary Social Pathology Diagnosis
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Ontological and Epistemological Considerations in Social Pathology Scholarship
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Beyond Pathologies of Recognition: New Voices, New Directions
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About this book
The diagnosis of social pathologies has long been a central concern for social researchers working within, and on the peripheries of, Critical Theory. As this volume will elaborate, the pathology diagnosing imagination enables a “thicker” form of social critique, fostering research that pushes beyond the parameters of liberal social and political thought. Faced with impending climatic catastrophe, the accelerating inequities of neoliberalism, the ascent of authoritarian movements globally, and one-dimensional computational modes of thought, a viable form of normative social critique is now more important than ever. The central aim of this volume is thus to champion the pathology diagnosing imagination as a vehicle for conducting such timely social criticism.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editor
Neal Harris is Lecturer in Sociology, Department of Social Sciences, Oxford Brookes University, UK.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Pathology Diagnosis and Social Research
Book Subtitle: New Applications and Explorations
Editors: Neal Harris
Series Title: Political Philosophy and Public Purpose
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-70582-4
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-70581-7Published: 25 April 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-70584-8Published: 26 April 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-70582-4Published: 24 April 2021
Series ISSN: 2524-714X
Series E-ISSN: 2524-7158
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 286
Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations
Topics: Social Theory, Sociological Theory, Political Philosophy, Political Theory