Beyond the Knowledge Crisis

A Synthesis Framework for Socio-Environmental Studies and Guide to Social Change

Debbie Kasper (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

XXX, 273 Seiten

2020 | 1st ed. 2021
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-030-48369-2 (ISBN)

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In the face of complex, interwoven, planet-scale problems, many cite the need for more integrated knowledge-especially across the natural and social sciences. Excessive specialization, they argue, gets in the way of knowing what we know, much less being able to use it to address urgent socio-environmental crises. These concerns, it turns out, go back centuries. This book picks up where most leave off, exploring the history of how we got here and proposing a way forward. Along the way, readers find that the synthesis long called for depends on theoretical advancements in social science. Fortunately, the author argues, we have everything we need to achieve those advancements, thanks largely to the contributions of Norbert Elias. Integrating his insights with history, science, sociological theory, and more, this book neatly packages the upgraded paradigm we need to be able to meaningfully address complex socio-environmental problems and more intentionally shape humanity's collective future.

Debbie V.S. Kasper is a sociologist and Associate Professor of Environmental Studies at Hiram College, in northeast Ohio. She specializes in sociological theory, environmental sociology, community resilience, and social change and teaches a wide variety of courses related to these themes.

Introduction.- Chapter 1: The Crisis of the Librarian.- Chapter 2: Moving Toward Synthesis.- Chapter 3: A Science of Human Social Life? Present State, Future Prospects .- Chapter 4: Mapping the Territory.- Chapter 5: The Medium of Human Social Life.- Chapter 6: The Human Condition.- Chapter 7: Second Nature.- Chapter 8: Actions and Reactions.- Chapter 9: The Only Constant.- Conclusion: Insights, Applications, and Possibilities.

Erscheinungsdatum	05.11.2020
Reihe/Serie	Palgrave Studies on Norbert Elias
Zusatzinfo	XXX, 273 p. 44 illus., 15 illus. in color.
Verlagsort	Cham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 210 mm
Gewicht	524 g
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Allgemeine Soziologie
Schlagworte	Eliasian theory • Environmental problems • Environmental Studies • integrated framework • interdisciplinary approaches to social science • Norbert Elias • Research methods • social change • Social Theory • Socio-Environmental Issues
ISBN-10	3-030-48369-X / 303048369X
ISBN-13	978-3-030-48369-2 / 9783030483692
Zustand	Neuware