Bo Isenberg
Associate Professor | Senior Lecturer
Sociologisk essäism – Essäistisk sociologi. Om en tankestils utveckling och aktualitet i en postdisciplinär tid
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Summary, in English
The general point of departure is classical and contemporary sociology of knowledge. Recurrent references are Asplund, Foucault, Lukács, Mannheim, Musil, Simmel, Weber. The article begins with a discussion on the emergence of sociology. Sociology is seen as a part of the classical modern discourse, which was also expressed by other sciences on modern culture as well as the essay and the novel. They all shared ”hermeneutic horizon”. The discussion continues by considering in detail some matters concerning the relations between sociology, the novel, and the essay: ”essayism” as style of thought; interpretation and creation of realities; language and figuration; theory and fiction.
Although there are (and should be) fundamental differences between sociology, the novel, and the essay, relations are also characterized by similarities and proximities. In a ”postdisciplinary” age, this should be considered not as a problem but as a prospect or vision.
Department/s
- Sociology
Publishing year
2006
Language
Swedish
Pages
87-110
Publication/Series
Dansk Sociologi
Volume
Vol. 17
Issue
1
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Document type
Journal article
Publisher
Dansk sociologforening
Topic
- Sociology (excluding Social Work, Social Psychology and Social Anthropology)
Keywords
- sociologi
- sociology
Status
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Other
- ISSN: 0905-5908