Conceptualizing Relational Sociology

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-vii

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2. Introduction

   • Christopher Powell, François Dépelteau

   Pages 1-12

3. Feminist Preludes to Relational Sociology

   • Sarah Redshaw

   Pages 13-26

4. Relational Sociology and Historical Materialism: Three Conversation Starters

   • Kenneth Fish

   Pages 27-44

5. Relational Sociology, Theoretical Inhumanism, and the Problem of the Nonhuman

   • Craig McFarlane

   Pages 45-66

6. Advancing Sociology through a Focus on Dynamic Relations

   • Debbie Kasper

   Pages 67-86

7. Norbert Elias on Relations: Insights and Perspectives

   • Charalambos Tsekeris

   Pages 87-104

8. Critical Strategies for Implementing a Relational Sociological Paradigm: Elias, Bourdieu, and Uncivilized Sociological Theoretical Struggles

   • Christopher Thorpe

   Pages 105-122

9. Interactions, Juxtapositions, and Tastes: Conceptualizing “Relations” in Relational Sociology

   • Nick Crossley

   Pages 123-143

10. Collective Reflexivity: A Relational Case for It

    • Margaret S. Archer

    Pages 145-161

11. What Is the Direction of the “Relational Turn”?

    • François Dépelteau

    Pages 163-185

12. Radical Relationism: A Proposal

    • Christopher Powell

    Pages 187-207

13. Relational Sociology as Fighting Words

    • Mustafa Emirbayer

    Pages 209-211

14. Back Matter

    Pages 213-240

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Edited by François Depelteau and Christopher Powell, this volume and its companion, Applying Relational Sociology: Networks, Relations, addresses fundamental questions about what relational sociology is and how it works.

• communication
• feminism
• interaction
• methods
• Pierre Bourdieu
• social psychology
• social theory
• sociology

'The companion edited volumes Conceptualizing Relational Sociology and Applying Relational Sociology offer nothing less than a platform to review and renegotiate some of the key aspects and key contributions for the social sciences. The editors' strategy for achieving this is remarkable they seek to introduce relational sociology based on what they hold as evidence of this way of thinking of society in both seminal and more contemporary thought, and do so by bringing together a strong selection of contributions from established and up-and-coming authors. One of the major strengths of this book is that relational sociology is introduced not as a broad declaration of war to any existing and established current, but rather as a 'federative' epistemological discussion that is introduced by means of a demonstration of its presence, and by illuminating us on its principles as they are developed already in some of the seminal contributions to the field. It is my opinion that this book makes a great contribution to the epistemology of sociology and to the social sciences as a whole.' - Jonathan Paquette, Associate Professor, School of Political Studies, University of Ottawa, Canada

Margaret Archer, University of Warwick, UK Nick Crossley, University of Manchester, UK Mustafa Emirbayer, University of Wisconsin at Madison, USA Kenneth Fish, University of Winnipeg, Canada Debbie Kasper, Hiram College, USA Craig McFarlane, Carleton University, USA Sarah Redshaw, Senior Researcher, Nursing Research and Practice Development Unit, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, UK Christopher Thorpe, Robert Gordon University, UK Charalambos Tsekeris, Athens Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences, Greece

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