Trust: a Sociological Theory (1999).

Preface

Part I: The legacy: On the shoulders of giants

1. Sociological theory: The concepts, varieties, and uses
2. Pseudo-theories and pseudo-epistemology
3. The Long 19th century on the shoulders of giants
4. The Golden Era of Theory: The 20th century
5. New theoretical trends in the 21st century

Part II: Continuities and emerging new trends

Theories With a Moral Message; In Search for a Good Society

6. Jeffrey C. Alexander's cultural sociology: From civil sphere to performative actions and societalization
7. Gary Allan Fine on tiny publics: Civil sphere at the micro-level of everyday life
8. Axel Honneth on new critical theory: Focus on recognition
9. Ulrich Beck on cosmopolitanism: World society after globalization
10. Allain Caille on gift paradigm: Focus on reciprocity

Theories Of Microcomponents of Social Life: Dissecting the Social Fabric

11. Jonathan Turner on radical microsociology: Interactions and their emotional syntax
12. Randall Collins' processual and emotional perspective: interactive ritual chains, violence, and charisma
13. Hans Joas on new pragmatism: Focus on practices and creative actions

Theories Analyzing Mechanisms of Social Events: Unravelling the Modus Operandi Of Society

14. Jon Elster on rational choice and emotions: Continuities and revisions
15. Peter Hedstrom on analytical sociology: Social mechanisms and the theory of imitation
16. Margaret Archer on morphogenesis: Unravelling themechanism of social change
17. Theodor Schatski and the idea of social sites: On the ontology of society
18. Robert K. Merton revisited: On theoretical pluralism and disciplined eclecticism

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