A Genealogical History of Society

• Main Author: Cabrera, Miguel A. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Sociology,
• Subjects: Sociology.; Civilization-History.; Historical sociology.; Social sciences-Philosophy.; Sociological Theory.; Cultural History.; Historical Sociology.; Social Theory.

This book provides a detailed reconstruction of the process of formation of the modern concept of society as an objective entity from the 1820s onwards, thus helping to better understand the shaping of the modern world and the nature of the current crisis of modernity. The concept has exerted consid...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Chapter 1. The Making of Society
• Chapter 2. Society as Economic Structure
• Chapter 3. A Genealogical Concept
• Epilogue: The Disenchantment of the Social.