Innovations in sociological knowledge: a summary of 13th Conference of ESA

Innovations in sociological knowledge:
a summary of 13th Conference of ESA


Kravchenko S.A.

Dr. Sci. (Sociol.), Prof., Head of the Department of Sociology, MGIMO-University; Chief Researcher, Federal Center of Theoretical and Applied Sociology of the Russian Academy of Science, Moscow, Russia sociol7@yandex.ru

ID of the Article: 7054

Rubric: 13th Conference of European sociological association

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Kravchenko S.A. Innovations in sociological knowledge: a summary of 13th Conference of ESA. Sotsiologicheskie issledovaniya [Sociological Studies]. 2018. No 2. P. 18-24


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Abstract

The article analyses the results of the 13th Conference of the European Sociological Association held in Greece in Athens in 2017, new theoretical and methodological approaches that are put forward to study the increasingly complex realities of the modern Europe, the challenges it faces, as well as the idea of creating its updated model oriented to humanization of peoples’ relations. A special emphasis is placed on disclosing the proposed innovative ideas that enrich the sociological knowledge.


Keywords
13th Conference of the European Sociological Association; (Un) Making Europe; crises; capitalism; solidaritie; subjectivities; theoretical innovations

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