The Palgrave Handbook of Altruism, Morality, and Social Solidarity

1. Front Matter

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2. General Perspectives and Future Directions

   1. Front Matter

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

      • Vincent Jeffries

      Pages 3-20

   3. Virtues and Human Personhood in the Social Sciences

      • Margarita A. Mooney

      Pages 21-41

3. The Founders and Intellectual Heritage

   1. Front Matter

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   2. Durkheim’s Theory of Social Solidarity and Social Rules

      • Alexander Gofman

      Pages 45-69

   3. Beyond the Altruism-Egoism Dichotomy: A New Typology to Capture Morality as a Complex Phenomenon

      • Raquel Weiss, Paulo Peres

      Pages 71-97

   4. The Explanatory Power of Ethics: The Sociology of Jane Addams

      • Patricia Lengermann, Gillian Niebrugge

      Pages 99-122

   5. Pitirim Sorokin’s Heritage: From Core Ideas to Syntheses of Theory and of Practice

      • Pavel Krotov

      Pages 123-147

   6. Modern Roots of the Sociology of Love: Tolstoy, Addams, Gandhi, and Sorokin

      • Lawrence T. Nichols

      Pages 149-175

4. Core Ideas: Elaborations and Implications

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 177-177

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   2. Six Sources of Altruism: Springs of Morality and Solidarity

      • Stephen G. Post

      Pages 179-193

   3. Social Psychological Ingredients for a Sociology of Morality

      • Steven Hitlin

      Pages 195-217

   4. On Social Solidarity

      • Christian Smith, Katherine Sorrell

      Pages 219-247

   5. Solidarity, Yesterday and Today

      • Edward A. Tiryakian, Jonathan H. Morgan

      Pages 249-271

5. Altruism, Morality, and Social Solidarity: Interrelationships and Applications

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 273-273

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   2. The Evolution of Affect, Sociality, Altruism, and Conscience in Humans

      • Jonathan H. Turner

      Pages 275-301

   3. Morality as a Cultural System: On Solidarity Civil and Uncivil

      • Jeffrey C. Alexander

      Pages 303-310

   4. The Essential Interconnections among Altruism, Morality, and Social Solidarity: The Case of Religious Altruism

      • Matthew T. Lee

      Pages 311-331

   5. Linking Morality, Altruism, and Social Solidarity Using Identity Theory

      • Jan E. Stets, Kevin McCaffree

      Pages 333-351

The study of altruism, morality, and social solidarity is an emerging field of scholarship and research in sociology. This handbook will function as a foundational source for this subject matter and field, and as an impetus to its further development.

• altruism
• morality
• social solidarity
• ethics
• evolution
• identity
• Moral
• organization
• organizations
• politics
• psychology
• social psychology
• sociology

"Sociology has a moral purpose and one aspect of that purpose is to create a 21st century version of a recently neglected topic, a sociology of the good. This excellent book does exactly that. It focuses on developing valid knowledge of altruism, morality, and social solidarity, including identifying pathological conditions and exploring preferable alternatives, each of which will help in formulating action plans for the common good of society. For today's sociologists, this inspiring book is a must-read." - Wendell Bell, Professor Emeritus of Sociology, and Fellow, Koerner Center, Yale University, USA

"A provocative foray designed to jumpstart an emerging subfield the authors call Altrusim, Morality, and Solidarity, this colorful work offers fresh views of personhood, identity dynamics, standard setting in organizations, philanthropy, and the evolutionary benefits of altruism. Beyond Durkheim, it also retrieves neglected understandings of Lev Tolstoy, Jane Addams and Pitirim Sorokin." - Donald N. Levine, Peter B. Ritzma Professor Emeritus, University of Chicago

Jeffrey C. Alexander, Yale University, USA Sorcha A. Brophy, Yale University, USA Peter Callero, Western Oregon University, USA Alexander Gofman, National Research University, Russia Steven Hitlin, University of Iowa, USA Vincent Jeffries, California State University, Northridge. Pavel Krotov, Pitirim A. Sorokin Foundation Matthew T. Lee, University of Akron, USA Margarita A. Mooney, Yale University, USA Lawrence T. Nichols, West Virginia University, USA Patricia Lengermann, George Washington University, USA Gillian Niebrugge, George Washington University, USA Stephen Post, Stony Brook University, USA Paul G. Schervish, Boston College, USA Christian Smith, University of Notre Dame, USA Katherine Sorrell, University of Notre Dame, USA Jan E. Stets, University of California-Riverside, USA Kevin McCaffree, University of California-Riverside, USA Edward A. Tiryakian, Duke University, USA Jonathan H. Morgan, Duke University, USA Jonathan H. Turner, University of California-Riverside, USA Raquel Weiss, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Paulo Peres, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

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