We are all immersed in a sea of social norms, but they are sometimes tricky to observe with any clarity. They are often invisible to us and emerge only when they are not observed. Social norms are important to understand because they are both limiting of our freedom, such as gendered and racialized norms, and at the same time the very conditions of our agency. Social Goodness p...(展开全部)

We are all immersed in a sea of social norms, but they are sometimes tricky to observe with any clarity. They are often invisible to us and emerge only when they are not observed. Social norms are important to understand because they are both limiting of our freedom, such as gendered and racialized norms, and at the same time the very conditions of our agency. Social Goodness p...(展开全部)

Who are we and what do we do as agents living together? In We, Together, Hans Bernhard Schmid argues, first, that our living together is a joint activity. Joint activities involve shared intentions, and shared intentions have plural intentional subjects. We are, thus, the plural subjects of our shared intentions in the same way as we are the singular subjects of our individual ...(展开全部)

What is the role of law in a society in which order is maintained mostly through social norms, trust, and non-legal sanctions? Eric Posner argues that social norms are sometimes desirable yet sometimes odious, and that the law is critical to enhancing good social norms and undermining bad ones. But he also argues that the proper regulation of social norms is a delicate and comp...(展开全部)

In this excellent book, Posner (law, Univ. of Chicago) raises such fundamental questions as why people conform to social norms and why they generally refrain from antisocial behavior even when the law is absent. He then proposes a methodology for the systematic analysis of social norms. Posner uses models of nonlegal collective action to show the possibilities underlying cooper...(展开全部)

Contemporary social ontology is a rapidly growing but divided area of study. In Nonideal Social Ontology, Åsa Burman provides a systematic overview and synthesis of core ideas in the field by showing that its key questions and central dividing lines can be fruitfully reconstructed as a clash between ideal and nonideal social ontology. Burman argues for the use of nonideal theor...(展开全部)

In this study of space and power and knowledge in France from the 1830s through the 1930s, Rabinow uses the tools of anthropology, philosophy, and cultural criticism to examine how social environment was perceived and described. Ranging from epidemiology to the layout of colonial cities, he shows how modernity was revealed in urban planning, architecture, health and welfare adm...(展开全部)

Paul Rabinow's study of space and society, power and knowledge in France from the 1830s through the 1930s uses tools from anthropology, philosophy, and cultural criticism to make fascinating connections between diverse protagonists and domains. In each of these domains - ranging from medicine to the layout of colonial cities - Rabin ow describes the creation of norms and the se...(展开全部)

亚历山大·温特，俄亥俄州立大学政治学教授，曾在耶鲁大学、达特茅斯学院和芝加哥大学任教。 温特的研究领域为量子社会科学、社会科学哲学、国际关系理论。他是国际关系建构主义流派的代表人物。 他的著作《国际政治的社会理论》曾获国际研究协会“十年最佳图书奖”。 在一项对全世界1400名国际关系学者的调查中，温特被评为国际关系领域过去20年最有影响力的学者。 他还对UFO有所研究，爱好金属音乐。 译者简介 祁昊天 北京大学国际关系学院助理教授。主要研究方向为技术变迁与世界政治、军事安全与冲突管控、社会科学方法论、量子社会科学。讲授课程包括《国家安全学导论》、 Introduction to International Public Policy、International Security Studies、《理解世界政治》、《技术变迁与国家安全》、《政治博弈论》...(展开全部)

亚历山大·温特，俄亥俄州立大学政治学教授，曾在耶鲁大学、达特茅斯学院和芝加哥大学任教。 温特的研究领域为量子社会科学、社会科学哲学、国际关系理论。他是国际关系建构主义流派的代表人物。 他的著作《国际政治的社会理论》曾获国际研究协会“十年最佳图书奖”。 在一项对全世界1400名国际关系学者的调查中，温特被评为国际关系领域过去20年最有影响力的学者。 他还对UFO有所研究，爱好金属音乐。 译者简介 祁昊天 北京大学国际关系学院助理教授。主要研究方向为技术变迁与世界政治、军事安全与冲突管控、社会科学方法论、量子社会科学。讲授课程包括《国家安全学导论》、 Introduction to International Public Policy、International Security Studies、《理解世界政治》、《技术变迁与国家安全》、《政治博弈论》...(展开全部)