Ordinary Knowledge: An Introduction to Interpretative SociologyISBN: 978-0-7456-1118-1
Hardcover
208 pages
June 1996, Polity
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In this important and stylish book, Michel Maffesoli argues that it
is impossible to reduce knowledge to a conception of science
inherited from the nineteenth century. Instead, he argues, we must
go beyond intellectual conformities based on limited and archaic
moral or political foundations. This approach emphasizes the
growing importance of information and communication in modern
societies.
Maffesoli suggests that sociologists have too often succumbed to the "positivist fascination" of analytical formalism and dualistic thinking. Rather than viewing society as a finished product, he develops an approach which seeks to analyse, in all their nuances and contradictions, the new forms of social life - particularly everyday life - which are beginning to emerge in the late twentieth century.
A timely contribution to current debates, Ordinary Knowledge will be welcomed by students and researchers in sociology and social theory.