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

PART I: GENERAL PERSPECTIVES AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS 1. Altruism, Morality, and Social Solidarity as a Field of Study; Vincent Jeffries 2. Virtues and Human Personhood in the Social Sciences; Margarita A. Mooney PART II: THE FOUNDERS AND INTELLECTUAL HERITAGE 3. Durkheim's Theory of Social Solidarity and Social Rules; Alexander Gofman 4. Beyond the Altruism-Egoism Dichotomy: A New Typology to Capture Morality as a Complex Phenomenon; Raquel Weiss and Paulo Peres 5. The Explanatory Power of Ethics - The Sociology of Jane Addams; Patricia Lengermann and Gillian Niebrugge 6. Pitirim Sorokin's Heritage: From Core Ideas to Syntheses of Theory and of Practice; Pavel Krotov 7. Modern Roots of the Sociology of Love: Tolstoy, Addams, Gandhi and Sorokin; Lawrence T. Nichols PART III: CORE IDEAS: ELABORATIONS AND IMPLICATIONS 8. Five Sources of Altruism and Case Studies: Springs of Morality and Solidarity; Stephen Post 9. The Social Psychology of Morality: An Overview of Important Moving Parts; Steven Hitlin 10. On Social Solidarity; Christian Smith and Katherine Sorrell 11. Solidarity, Yesterday and Today; Edward A. Tiryakian and Jonathan H. Morgan PART IV: ALTRUISM, MORALITY, AND SOCIAL SOLIDARITY: INTERRELATIONSHIPS AND APPLICATIONS 12. The Evolution of Affect, Sociality, Altruism, and Conscience in Humans; Jonathan H. Turner 13. Morality as a Cultural System: On Solidarity Civil and Uncivil; Jeffrey C. Alexander 14. The Essential Interconnections Among Altruism, Morality, and Social Solidarity: The Case of Religious Benevolence; Matthew T. Lee 15. Linking Morality, Altruism, and Social Solidarity Using Identity Theory; Jan E. Stets and Kevin McCaffree 16. Making Morals: Standard Setting in Organizations; Sorcha A. Brophy 17. Self, Identity, and Politics in the Study of Altruism, Morality, and Social Solidarity; Peter Callero 18. Beyond Altruism: Philanthropy as Moral Biography and Citizenship of Care; Paul G. Schervish