The Palgrave Handbook of Altruism, Morality, and Social Solidarity: Formulating a Field of Study

Front Matter....Pages i-xv
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Altruism, Morality, and Social Solidarity as a Field of Study....Pages 3-20
Virtues and Human Personhood in the Social Sciences....Pages 21-41
Front Matter....Pages 43-43
Durkheim’s Theory of Social Solidarity and Social Rules....Pages 45-69
Beyond the Altruism-Egoism Dichotomy: A New Typology to Capture Morality as a Complex Phenomenon....Pages 71-97
The Explanatory Power of Ethics: The Sociology of Jane Addams....Pages 99-122
Pitirim Sorokin’s Heritage: From Core Ideas to Syntheses of Theory and of Practice....Pages 123-147
Modern Roots of the Sociology of Love: Tolstoy, Addams, Gandhi, and Sorokin....Pages 149-175
Front Matter....Pages 177-177
Six Sources of Altruism: Springs of Morality and Solidarity....Pages 179-193
Social Psychological Ingredients for a Sociology of Morality....Pages 195-217
On Social Solidarity....Pages 219-247
Solidarity, Yesterday and Today....Pages 249-271
Front Matter....Pages 273-273
The Evolution of Affect, Sociality, Altruism, and Conscience in Humans....Pages 275-301
Morality as a Cultural System: On Solidarity Civil and Uncivil....Pages 303-310
The Essential Interconnections among Altruism, Morality, and Social Solidarity: The Case of Religious Altruism....Pages 311-331
Linking Morality, Altruism, and Social Solidarity Using Identity Theory....Pages 333-351
Making Morals: Standard-Setting in Organizations....Pages 353-366
Self, Identity, and Politics in the Study of Altruism, Morality, and Social Solidarity: The Promise of Deliberative Democracy....Pages 367-387
Beyond Altruism: Philanthropy as Moral Biography and Moral Citizenship of Care....Pages 389-405
Back Matter....Pages 407-434