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Title
The unexpected in action : ethics, rationality, and skills / Antonio Cocozza.
ISBN
9783031267932 (electronic bk.)
3031267931 (electronic bk.)
9783031267925 (print)
3031267923
Published
Cham : Springer, 2023.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xxvi, 170 pages).
Other Standard Identifiers
10.1007/978-3-031-26793-2 doi
Call Number
H61
Dewey Decimal Classification
300.1
Summary
The essay already published in Italian and Spanish, analyzes the role played by rationality in the history of social sciences, in order to propose a basically problematic interpretation of human action. In this perspective, various theories of rationality connected to the various attempts to provide an "interpretative perspective" useful for a more adequate understanding of individual organizational and institutional action are examined. For this purpose, the works of numerous classics are examined including Dahrendorf, Mannheim, Marx, Popper, Weber and, in a different perspective, the contributions of Habermas, Luhmann, Parsons and Schütz. A reflection is then proposed on the concrete theoretical perspectives opened by the criticisms of the theory of rational choice, taking into consideration the observations and proposals advanced by Antiseri, Boudon, Sen, Simon. The contributions of Ardigò, Alexander, Cesareo and Machiavelli and Pareto are studied in depth, regarding the "extra rational" and value dimension in human action. Furthermore, the perspectives outlined by Bauman, Beck, Sennett are analyzed, in order to get to deepen the "liquid rationality", the Risikogesellshaft and the Risikoleben, but also the development of uncontrolled flexibility and the consequences on personal life. Finally, we wonder about the reasons for unexpected action and through the contribution of Nussbaum and Piketty on the strategic role played by ethics, rationality and skills in postmodern societies. The evolution of the concept of rationality is analyzed, starting from the dichotomy between holism and individualism; The problematic nature of the interpretation of human behaviour is discussed in the light of the contributions of many social scientists shifting the focus from a utilitarian to a value-oriented approach; It describes the increasingly complex and unpredictable scenario that determines an open future based on unexpected behaviour and actions.
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed March 30, 2023).
Series
Theory and history in the human and social sciences, 2523-8671
Available in Other Form
Print version: 9783031267925
Chapter 1. Reason and Rationality in Sociological Thought: Interpreting Human Action as a Problem
Chapter 2. Superseding the Structural Dichotomy of the Holistic and Individualistic Approaches: Attempts and Statements
Chapter 3. The Interpretation of Rationality in Human Action from Talcott Parsons, to Alfred Schütz and Jürgen Habermas
Chapter 4. Rationality, Environment, and Complex Systems in the Theses of Niklas Luhmann
Chapter 5. Rationalism, Irrationalism, and Pseudo-rationality in the Thinking of Karl Marx and Karl R. Popper
Chapter 6. The theory of rational choice: potential and criticality
Chapter 7. Towards the Supersession of Utilitarianism
Chapter 8. The Upsurge of Postmodern Society and The Contributions of Bauman, Beck, and Sennett
Chapter 9. Ethics, Rationality and Competences in Twenty-first Century Capitalism: The Perspective of Piketty, Nussbaum, and Morin. Conclusions.
