The Palgrave Handbook of Relational Sociology (eBook)

François Dépelteau is Professor of Sociology at Laurentian University, Canada. He is a specialist in sociological theory and relational sociology, and has published many books and articles in journals such as Sociological Theory and The International Review of Sociology. 

Introduction: The Promise of the Relational Turn in SociologyPart I: General Presentation of Relational Sociology1. Relational Thinking in Sociology: Relevance, Concurrence and Dissonance2. The Relation as Magical Operator: Overcoming the Divide between Relational and Processual SociologyPart II: Approaches and Theories Associated with Relational Sociology: Pragmatism, Interactions, and Assemblages3. Sociology of Infinitesimal Difference: Gabriel’s Tarde Heritage4. Pluralism and Relationism in Social Theory: Lessons from the Tarde/Durkheim Debate5. G.H. Mead and Relational Sociology: The Case of Concepts6. Pragmatist Methodological Relationalism in Sociological Understanding of Evolving Human Culture7. Gilles Deleuze and Relational Sociology8. Triangular Relations: Michel Serres on Parasites, Angels, Quasi-objects, and the Virtual9. Bruno Latour and Relational SociologyPart III: Social Forms, System Theories, and Network Analysis10. Georg Simmel and Relational Sociology11. Georg Simmel’s Concepts of Forms of Sociation as an Analytical Tool for Relational Sociology12. Switchings among Netdoms: The Relational Sociology of Harrison White13. Relationalism and Social Networks14. Is Niklas Luhmann a Relational Sociologist?Part IV: Power Relations, Inequalities, and Conflicts15. Charles Tilly and Relational Sociology16. Michael Mann and Relational Sociology17. Pierre Bourdieu and Relational Sociology18. Relational Sociology and Postcolonial Theory: Sketches of a ‘Postcolonial Relationism’19. ‘To Understand the Shore, it is not Enough… to Pick up an Empty Shell…’: Feminist Epistemologies, Ecological Thinking, and Relational OntologiesPart V: Current Approaches in Relational Sociology 20. Beyond the Manifesto: Mustafa Emirbayer and Relational Sociology21. Critical Realism as Relational Sociology22. An Original Relational Sociology Grounded in Critical Realism23. Deconstructing and Reconstructing Social Networks24. Networks, Interactions and Relations25. From the Concept of ‘Trans-action’ to a Process-Relational SociologyPart VI: Specific Issues and Concepts in Relational Sociology26. Relational Agency27. Power and Relational Sociology28. Relational Radicalization29. The Relational Meaning-Making of Riots: Narrative Logic and Network Performance of the London ‘Riots’30. Music Sociology and Relational Perspective31. Relational Sociology: Contributions to Understanding Residential Decision-Making in Later Life32. Relations, Organizing, Leadership and Education33. Marcel Mauss, the Gift and Relational Sociology