Description
| Product ID: | 9783030483692 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | CH |
| Series: | Palgrave Studies on Norbert Elias |
| Title: | Beyond the Knowledge Crisis |
| Subtitle: | A Synthesis Framework for Socio-Environmental Studies and Guide to Social Change |
| Authors: | Author: Debbie Kasper |
| Page Count: | 273 |
| Subjects: | Society and Social Sciences, Society & social sciences, Sociology, Social theory, Central / national / federal government policies, Sociology, Social theory, Central government policies |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating 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. 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. |
| Imprint Name: | Springer Nature Switzerland AG |
| Publisher Name: | Springer Nature Switzerland AG |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2020-11-04 |
