Book chapter
The New Sociology of Morality
Annual review of sociology, pp.51-68
Annual Review of Sociology, Annual Reviews
01/01/2013
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-soc-071312-145628
Abstract
Sociology was once integral to the scientific study of morality, but its explicit focus has waned over the past half-century. This article calls for greater sociological engagement in order to speak to the resurgence of the study of morality in cognate fields. We identify important treatments of morality, some of which are not explicitly so, and identify those treatments that build a distinctly sociological focus on morality: room for culturally divergent understandings of its content, a focus on antecedent social factors that shape it, and a concern with ecologically valid explorations of its social importance.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- The New Sociology of Morality
- Creators
- Steven Hitlin - University of IowaStephen Vaisey - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Contributors
- K S Cook (Editor)D S Massey (Editor)
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
- Publication Details
- Annual review of sociology, pp.51-68
- Series
- Annual Review of Sociology
- DOI
- 10.1146/annurev-soc-071312-145628
- eISSN
- 1545-2115
- ISSN
- 0360-0572
- Publisher
- Annual Reviews; PALO ALTO
- Number of pages
- 18
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 01/01/2013
- Academic Unit
- Sociology and Criminology
- Record Identifier
- 9984306235202771
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