Altruism, Morality, and Social Solidarity as a Field of Study

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ID20057567
AuthorsVincent Jeffries (corresponding author)
Year2014
Pages3-20
Publication date2014-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeCHAPTER
VenuePalgrave Handbook of Altruism, Morality, and Social Solidarity (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan US (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1057/9781137391865_1
OpenAlexW2496195924
ISBN9781137391865
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited49

The study of altruism, morality, and social solidarity is now in the process of becoming a recognized field of specialization in sociology. These phenomena were of central concern in the earlier years of sociology. However, with the exception of the writings of some individual scholars, they have been given scant attention in the last 50 years. Interest in their study is now reawakening. Recent writings by Alexander (2006; 2014), Efremenko and Evseeva (2012), Hitlin and Vaisey (2010), Oliner (2011), and Smith (2003; 2010) show this trend can be expected to continue.KeywordsCore IdeaAmerican Sociological ReviewMoral RealismPositive FormPublic SociologyThese keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves

Economics · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Morality · Political science · Positive economics · Social science · Social solidarity · Sociology · Solidarity · Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice · Law · Philosophy · Psychology · Social and Cultural Dynamics · Social Psychology · Weber, Simmel, Sociological Theory

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