Sociologisk essäism - Essäistisk sociologi. Om en tankestils utveckling och aktualitet i en postdisciplinär tid

Isenberg, Bo

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“…Som altid med essays er der tale om et forsøg, et eksperiment (jf. Isenberg 2006). Inspirationen er hentet fra nyere videnskabssociologi eller rettere aktør-netvaerks teori (ANT), repraesenteret ved folk som Bruno Latour, Michel Callon, John Law -og ovennaevnte Petter Holm.…”

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Sociologiens performativitet - afvikling af det dårlige samfund?

Blok¹

2006

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Anders Blok: The Performativity of Sociology – Dismantling the Poor Society? This essay raises questions about the contribution of sociology to bettering or dismantling its always less-than-satisfactory society. What happens if we stop viewing sociological theory and analysis as explanations of society, and start seeing them as additions to society, as narrative equipment for societal ac¬-tors? And what consequences does such a performative perspective imply for the critical capacity of sociology? Drawing inspiration from actor-network theory (ANT), this essay suggests that the mundane symbolic products of so¬cio¬logy are co-constitutive for the continual (re)creation of “society“. Texts, concepts, statistics, and analyses contribute to collecting and effectuating social groups. Interesting sociology gains attention from various publics by participating in critical dialogues. Rather than cool-headed distance, a critical proximity is called for, with sociologists engaging the critical moments of social life, while developing a “sociology of criticism“ capable of respecting the critical capacities of social co-actors. Criticism is a practical endeavour, with various means of intervention available. This performative perspective suggests two important societal narratives for future sociological engagement are suggested: cosmopolitization of society and democratization of expertise.

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“… 8. For some elaborations on ‘essayism’ as the prominent form of classical modern reflection, see Adorno (1984 [1958]), Isenberg (2006) and Nübel (2006). …”

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A modern calamity – Robert Musil on stupidity

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2017

Journal of Classical Sociology

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The writings of the Austrian novelist and essayist Robert Musil provide sociology with vital problems and reflections. Indeed, Musil introduces discussions that extend conventional understanding of modernity – sociology’s general object of analysis. The article focuses on two major sets of questions in Musil’s work: the shapelessness of man and the relation between reason and sentiments. Both problems are essential in that genuine twentieth-century experience which Musil calls functional stupidity: the functionalisation of the mind to collective demands of the party, the race and the nation. The article discusses Musil’s arguments by relating them to central propositions in classical sociology (Simmel, Weber, Kracauer, Tönnies, Park). Classical sociology, in turn, is defined as a sub-discourse of classical modern reflection.

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Sociologisk essäism - Essäistisk sociologi. Om en tankestils utveckling och aktualitet i en postdisciplinär tid

Cited by 2 publications

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Sociologiens performativitet - afvikling af det dårlige samfund?

Sociologiens performativitet - afvikling af det dårlige samfund?

A modern calamity – Robert Musil on stupidity

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