Through the Past to the Future
From Georg Simmel and Max Weber to the Twenty-First Century's Public Intellectuals
Will be published approx. on 11. August 2026
204 pages
E-Book
978-1-040-52105-2 (ISBN)
Description
Based upon a close reading of the foundational works of Georg Simmel, Max Weber and the Frankfurt School as well as underexplored other works, Karner critically maps the conceptual approaches and theoretical insights of the German language sociological tradition onto various twenty-first-century social and political issues.
Karner demonstrates that a revisiting of classical German-language sociology, combined with a critical engagement with more recent and current contributions, offers vital insights for a globally oriented political sociology for the present and future. In doing so, this book critically interrogates definitions of "the social", questions of power, public spheres, cultural meanings, the historical particularities of the present, and sociologists' public roles and responsibilities.
This book will be of interest to students and scholars in the humanities and social sciences with an interest in classical social theory and political sociology.
Karner demonstrates that a revisiting of classical German-language sociology, combined with a critical engagement with more recent and current contributions, offers vital insights for a globally oriented political sociology for the present and future. In doing so, this book critically interrogates definitions of "the social", questions of power, public spheres, cultural meanings, the historical particularities of the present, and sociologists' public roles and responsibilities.
This book will be of interest to students and scholars in the humanities and social sciences with an interest in classical social theory and political sociology.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
ISBN-13
978-1-040-52105-2 (9781040521052)
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Christian Karner
Through the Past to the Future
From Georg Simmel and Max Weber to the Twenty-First Century's Public Intellectuals
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approx. 08/2026
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€191.50
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Christian Karner has previously been a Leverhulme Special Research Fellow, Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Nottingham and then Professor of Sociology at the University of Lincoln. Most recently, he has held Visiting Professorships at the Universities of Vienna and Athens. Christian Karner's areas of research and publication focus on political sociology (i.e. nationalism, ethnicity, globalization), urban sociology and memory studies. He currently teaches sociological theory at the University of Innsbruck.
Content
Introduction. Concepts, Crises and Critique in an (Underexplored) Lineage of German-Language Sociology
1. Interactions, Interweavings, Communication: On the Nature of the Social
2. Appropriation, Monopolization, and the Power of Boundaries: From Social Closure to Genocidal Destruction, 3. States, Publics, Communication, and the Intellectual , 4. The Constitution of Meaning and Social Action: Between Ideology, Alienation and Resonance, 5. Theories of a Later Modernity: Structure, Culture, Existentialism, 6. Multiple Exclusions and "Subjugated Knowledges": Sociologists as Public
Intellectuals, Conclusion. German-Language Sociologies in the Longue Duree and in Global Contexts
1. Interactions, Interweavings, Communication: On the Nature of the Social
2. Appropriation, Monopolization, and the Power of Boundaries: From Social Closure to Genocidal Destruction, 3. States, Publics, Communication, and the Intellectual , 4. The Constitution of Meaning and Social Action: Between Ideology, Alienation and Resonance, 5. Theories of a Later Modernity: Structure, Culture, Existentialism, 6. Multiple Exclusions and "Subjugated Knowledges": Sociologists as Public
Intellectuals, Conclusion. German-Language Sociologies in the Longue Duree and in Global Contexts
