The Relational Fabric of Community

Theoretical and philosophical work on community has yielded multifold definitions and analytical frameworks. Kenneth C. Bessant reflects on the inherent complexity and diversity of this deeply intersubjective aspect of lived social experience. He explores the relational underpinnings of early and mo...

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Main Author: Bessant, Kenneth C. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan US, 2018.
Edition:1st ed. 2018.
Subjects:
Economic sociology.
Applied sociology.
ISBN:9781137560421
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction: The Enigma of Community
  • 2. Entering into Relation: Being as Social Being
  • 3. Evolving Conceptions of Community
  • 4. The Field-Interactional Approach to Community
  • 5. Dialogical Conceptions of the Self and Community
  • 6. The Socio-symbolic Construction and Social Representation of Community
  • 7. Relational Sociology and Emergent Community
  • 8. Intersubjectivity, Community, and Agency.

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