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      social Action in Context

      Sociology and Nature

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      Sociology and Nature book

      social Action in Context
      ByRaymond Murphy
      Edition 1st Edition
      First Published 1997
      eBook Published 17 June 2019
      Pub. Location New York
      Imprint Routledge
      DOI https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429497261
      Pages 336
      eBook ISBN 9780429497261
      Subjects Social Sciences
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      Murphy, R. (1997). Sociology and Nature: social Action in Context (1st ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429497261

      ABSTRACT

      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.Humanity's success in manipulating nature destabilizes the natural support system of society on a planetary scale and, in turn, destabilizes all of society's 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 nature?processes beyond human control that bear on social action?has 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.

      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      part ONE|63 pages

      Social Action Abstracted from Its Context

      chapter 1|17 pages

      Sociology as if Nature Did Not Matter: An Ecological Critique

      chapter 2|18 pages

      The Sociological Construction of Science Without Nature

      chapter 3|25 pages

      Sociological Misunderstandings Concerning Nature

      part TWO|51 pages

      The Context of Social Action

      chapter 4|28 pages

      Weaknesses of Sociological Analyses of the Context of Social Action

      chapter 5|21 pages

      Toward the Analysis of Social Action in Its Context

      part THREE|50 pages

      The Risk Species

      chapter 6|26 pages

      Material Risks

      chapter 7|22 pages

      Social Risks Resulting from the Manipulation of Nature

      part FOUR|49 pages

      Transforming Risk into Opportunity

      chapter 8|23 pages

      Political Economy

      chapter 9|23 pages

      Society and Culture

      part FIVE|80 pages

      Further Analysis of Social Action in Its Context

      chapter 10|24 pages

      Victims of the Monopolization of the Natural Environment

      chapter 11|25 pages

      Parallels with Other Theories

      chapter 12|28 pages

      Posthumanism

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