Mellor, P.A. and Shilling, Chris (2022) Sociology, Embodiment and Morality: A Durkheimian Perspective. In: Hitlin, S. and Dromi, S.M and Luft, A., eds. The Handbook of the Sociology of Morality. Springer, New York. (In press) (KAR id:96677)
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Abstract
Durkheim is often associated with the ‘old’ sociology of morality but a fresh engagement with the embodied dimensions of his work can bring theoretical clarity to the contemporary field. In undertaking this task, our argument proceeds through three stages. Firstly, we demonstrate how Durkheim’s explanatory homo duplex model insists that biological and social factors combine to constitute morality. Secondly, we analyse how this model provides the basis for a broader explanatory account that resists reductionist ‘substantive’ assessments of diverse moral systems to focus on them as cultural systems. Finally, we explore how his approach facilitates the analysis of competing moral solidarities within as well as across contemporary societies. Having reappraised Durkheim’s account, we suggest that the sociology of morality should be inclusive of insights from other disciplines but also synthetic, resisting various forms of reductionism in favour of a distinctively sociological model reflective of the fact that human beings are, simultaneously, natural and cultural creatures.
Item Type: | Book section |
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Subjects: | H Social Sciences |
Divisions: | Divisions > Division for the Study of Law, Society and Social Justice > School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research |
Depositing User: | Sian Robertson |
Date Deposited: | 30 Aug 2022 12:47 UTC |
Last Modified: | 31 Aug 2022 11:32 UTC |
Resource URI: | https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/96677 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes) |
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