Sociology And Nature

Social Action In Context

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Raymond Murphy

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Sociology as if nature did not matter has been the sociological expression of modern societies negligent of the processes of nature. In response to this ecological blindness, Raymond Murphy examines the limitations of sociology that have resulted from this neglect. Humanitys success in manipulating nature destabilizes the natural support system of society on a planetary scale and, in turn, destabilizes all of societys institutions. Because the manipulation of nature has become so central to modern society, society, Murphy argues, can now be understood only in terms of the interaction between social action and the processes of nature. The growing awareness that social constructions unleash dynamic processes of natureprocesses beyond human control that bear on social actionhas the potential of radically transforming sociology. Sociology and Nature proposes the reconstruction of sociology in which nature does matters, developing a novel sociological approach that situates social action in its natural context.

Author Biography:

Raymond Murphy is professor of sociology at the University of Ottawa, Canada. He is author of Rationality and Nature: A Sociological Inquiry into a Changing Relationship (WestviewPress 1994).

Release date NZ

December 9th, 1998

Author

Raymond Murphy

Audiences

Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Professional & Vocational
Undergraduate

Pages

336

Dimensions

152x229x19

ISBN-13

9780813366616

Product ID

2603921

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