TY - JOUR

T1 - Conceptualising European society on non-normative grounds : logics of sociation, glocalisation, and conflict.

AU - Krossa, Anne Sophie

N1 - “The final, definitive version of this article has been published in the Journal, Feminist Theory, 5 (1), 2004, © SAGE Publications Ltd, 2009 by SAGE Publications Ltd at the European Journal of Social Theory page: http://est.sagepub.com/ on SAGE Journals Online: http://online.sagepub.com/

PY - 2009/5

Y1 - 2009/5

N2 - For the most part, current reflections on the social seem to overemphasize either homogeneity (society/nation-state, modernization/globalization) or heterogeneity (sociality, cosmopolitanism). Against this, here the argument is put forward that it is appropriate to think of the social as consisting of aspects of homogeneity or shared frames of reference and aspects of heterogeneity at the same time. This thought is developed particularly in contrast to normative concepts such as Bauman's sociality—republicanism nexus or Beck and Grande's ideas on European cosmopolitanism. With the help of concepts such as sociation, glocalization and conflict, a basis will be developed for the elaboration of particular socials (e.g. Europe) as a general social theory. This avoids falling into normative traps, which are usually risky when starting out from a historical particularity to explain current and future structures and features of notions such as European society.

AB - For the most part, current reflections on the social seem to overemphasize either homogeneity (society/nation-state, modernization/globalization) or heterogeneity (sociality, cosmopolitanism). Against this, here the argument is put forward that it is appropriate to think of the social as consisting of aspects of homogeneity or shared frames of reference and aspects of heterogeneity at the same time. This thought is developed particularly in contrast to normative concepts such as Bauman's sociality—republicanism nexus or Beck and Grande's ideas on European cosmopolitanism. With the help of concepts such as sociation, glocalization and conflict, a basis will be developed for the elaboration of particular socials (e.g. Europe) as a general social theory. This avoids falling into normative traps, which are usually risky when starting out from a historical particularity to explain current and future structures and features of notions such as European society.

KW - conflict • European society • globalization • glocalization • sociality • sociation

U2 - 10.1177/1368431009103711

DO - 10.1177/1368431009103711

M3 - Journal article

VL - 12

SP - 249

EP - 264

JO - European Journal of Social Theory

JF - European Journal of Social Theory

SN - 1461-7137

IS - 2

ER -