Bringing Morality Back : Three Interviews
(2022) p.39-59- Abstract
- This chapter presents three interviews with three influential voices in the field of social movement and civil society studies, namely, those of Doug McAdam, Jeffrey Alexander, and Nina Eliasoph. They all share their perspectives on social movements’ role in society’s moral development, the role of morality internally in social movements, and the role of morality for social science as a practice. In addition, they each discuss the moral foundations and implications of three global contentious struggles: Doug McAdam discusses the background and implications of the 2021 riot at Capitol Hill as related to a global right-wing backlash protest cycle. Jeffrey Alexander discusses the cultural and moral significance of the #MeeToo movement and how... (More)
- This chapter presents three interviews with three influential voices in the field of social movement and civil society studies, namely, those of Doug McAdam, Jeffrey Alexander, and Nina Eliasoph. They all share their perspectives on social movements’ role in society’s moral development, the role of morality internally in social movements, and the role of morality for social science as a practice. In addition, they each discuss the moral foundations and implications of three global contentious struggles: Doug McAdam discusses the background and implications of the 2021 riot at Capitol Hill as related to a global right-wing backlash protest cycle. Jeffrey Alexander discusses the cultural and moral significance of the #MeeToo movement and how it demonstrates the potentials of a global civil sphere. Finally, Nina Eliasoph discusses how the climate crisis presents itself as unimaginable in the sense that it will change everyone’s way of life so profoundly that we cannot imagine what the future may be like and suggests that prefigurative communities is one way activists can approach such a political issue. (Less)
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- author
- Sevelsted, Anders LU ; Toubøl, Jonas ; McAdam, Doug ; Eliasoph, Nina and Jeff, Alexander
- organization
- publishing date
- 2022
- type
- Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- Social movements, Morality, backlash, morality in social science
- host publication
- The Power of Morality in Movements : Civic Engagement in Climate Justice, Human Rights, and Democracy - Civic Engagement in Climate Justice, Human Rights, and Democracy
- editor
- Sevelsted, Anders and Toubøl, Jonas
- pages
- 21 pages
- publisher
- Springer
- ISBN
- 978-3-030-98797-8
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-030-98798-5_3
- language
- English
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- yes
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- 2bfd2db8-9810-452d-9795-da12e2381cdd
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abstract = {{This chapter presents three interviews with three influential voices in the field of social movement and civil society studies, namely, those of Doug McAdam, Jeffrey Alexander, and Nina Eliasoph. They all share their perspectives on social movements’ role in society’s moral development, the role of morality internally in social movements, and the role of morality for social science as a practice. In addition, they each discuss the moral foundations and implications of three global contentious struggles: Doug McAdam discusses the background and implications of the 2021 riot at Capitol Hill as related to a global right-wing backlash protest cycle. Jeffrey Alexander discusses the cultural and moral significance of the #MeeToo movement and how it demonstrates the potentials of a global civil sphere. Finally, Nina Eliasoph discusses how the climate crisis presents itself as unimaginable in the sense that it will change everyone’s way of life so profoundly that we cannot imagine what the future may be like and suggests that prefigurative communities is one way activists can approach such a political issue.}},
author = {{Sevelsted, Anders and Toubøl, Jonas and McAdam, Doug and Eliasoph, Nina and Jeff, Alexander}},
booktitle = {{The Power of Morality in Movements : Civic Engagement in Climate Justice, Human Rights, and Democracy}},
editor = {{Sevelsted, Anders and Toubøl, Jonas}},
isbn = {{978-3-030-98797-8}},
keywords = {{Social movements; Morality; backlash; morality in social science}},
language = {{eng}},
pages = {{39--59}},
publisher = {{Springer}},
title = {{Bringing Morality Back : Three Interviews}},
url = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-98798-5_3}},
doi = {{10.1007/978-3-030-98798-5_3}},
year = {{2022}},
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