New Book - Sociological Theory for Digital Society: The Codes that Bind Us Together

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ori schwarz
Sun, Sep 5, 2021 6:09 AM

Dear colleagues,

I hope this message finds you well (and apologize for cross-posting) . I'm
happy to announce that my new book Sociological Theory for Digital
Society: The Codes that Bind Us Together
has just been published by
Polity: https://politybooks.com/bookdetail/?isbn=9781509542963 .
https://politybooks.com/bookdetail/?isbn=9781509542963 About The Book "The
digital revolution has not only transformed multiple aspects of social life
– it also shakes sociological theory, transforming the most basic
assumptions that have underlain it. In this timely book, Ori Schwarz
explores the main challenges digitalization poses to different strands of
sociological theory and offers paths to adapt them to new social realities.
What would symbolic interactionism look like in a world where interaction
no longer takes place within bounded situations and is constantly
documented as durable digital objects? How should we understand new
digitally mediated forms of human association that bind our actions and
lives together but have little in common with old-time 'collectives'; and
why are they not simply ‘social networks’? How does social capital
transform when it is materialized in a digital form, and how does it
remould power structures? What happens to our conceptualization of power
when faced with the emergence of new forms of algorithmic power? And what
happens when labour departs from work? By posing and answering such
fascinating questions, and offering critical tools for both students and
scholars of social theory and digital society to engage with them, this
thought-provoking book draws the outline of future sociological theory for
our digital society". Table of Contents

  1. *Introduction*: Old disciplines, new times, revised theories
    
  2. *When Interactions Become Objects:* Rethinking symbolic
    

interactionism in the post-situational order

  1. *When Networks Materialize:* Rethinking social ontology beyond the
    

individual and the collective

  1. *When Social Capital can be Invested:* Rethinking social capital
    
  2. *When Power is Exercised through Algorithms:* Rethinking power under
    

generative rulers

  1. *When Labour is Everywhere:* Rethinking work in the era of workless
    

labour

  1. *Conclusion:* Sociological theory for the future
    

--
Prof. Ori Schwarz
Department of Sociology and Anthropology
and Center for Cultural Sociology
Bar-Ilan University
Author of Sociological Theory for Digital Society: The Codes that Bind Us
Together https://politybooks.com/bookdetail/?isbn=9781509542963 (Polity,
2021)
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ori_Schwarz

Dear colleagues, I hope this message finds you well (and apologize for cross-posting) . I'm happy to announce that my new book *Sociological Theory for Digital Society: The Codes that Bind Us Together* has just been published by Polity: https://politybooks.com/bookdetail/?isbn=9781509542963 . <https://politybooks.com/bookdetail/?isbn=9781509542963> About The Book "The digital revolution has not only transformed multiple aspects of social life – it also shakes sociological theory, transforming the most basic assumptions that have underlain it. In this timely book, Ori Schwarz explores the main challenges digitalization poses to different strands of sociological theory and offers paths to adapt them to new social realities. What would symbolic interactionism look like in a world where interaction no longer takes place within bounded situations and is constantly documented as durable digital objects? How should we understand new digitally mediated forms of human association that bind our actions and lives together but have little in common with old-time 'collectives'; and why are they not simply ‘social networks’? How does social capital transform when it is materialized in a digital form, and how does it remould power structures? What happens to our conceptualization of power when faced with the emergence of new forms of algorithmic power? And what happens when labour departs from work? By posing and answering such fascinating questions, and offering critical tools for both students and scholars of social theory and digital society to engage with them, this thought-provoking book draws the outline of future sociological theory for our digital society". Table of Contents 1. *Introduction*: Old disciplines, new times, revised theories 2. *When Interactions Become Objects:* Rethinking symbolic interactionism in the post-situational order 3. *When Networks Materialize:* Rethinking social ontology beyond the individual and the collective 4. *When Social Capital can be Invested:* Rethinking social capital 5. *When Power is Exercised through Algorithms:* Rethinking power under generative rulers 6. *When Labour is Everywhere:* Rethinking work in the era of workless labour 7. *Conclusion:* Sociological theory for the future -- Prof. Ori Schwarz Department of Sociology and Anthropology and Center for Cultural Sociology Bar-Ilan University Author of Sociological Theory for Digital Society: The Codes that Bind Us Together <https://politybooks.com/bookdetail/?isbn=9781509542963> (Polity, 2021) https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ori_Schwarz