Cosmopolitan sociology : Ulrich Beck's heritage in theory and policy

Ce que dit l'éditeur

This book is clearly titled Cosmopolitan Sociology. It might sound descriptive nevertheless cosmopolitanism is not a mere « subject » and topic of sociological research. It was a great and misleading scientific error to consider cosmopolitanism as a sociological subject.

The authors provide a stimulating reading and an important step towards a cosmopolitan sociology as a paradigm, methodology and working style although it still implies to fight against « zombie concepts » (as Beck defined them) as « culture » and « identity » replaced by memetics and evolutionary contingency, for example. The challenge is huge and the two coauthors are solid and strong enough to drive the road ahead (from the « Preface » by Andrea Pitasi).