Social Generativity: A Relational Paradigm for Social Change

The 2008 economic crisis has created an opportunity to create a new model of growth to reform capitalism. Social Generativity offers a conceptual synthesis of a social action that can be implemented during daily life and in different spheres of existence, redefining the notion of Social Generativity from its psychological origin to a social action.

\n Format: Hardback
\n Length: 210 pages
\n Publication date: 14 December 2017
\n Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
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The 2008 economic crisis cast doubt on the viability of the individualistic consumer society, posing significant challenges to its long-term sustainability. However, this crisis, whether viewed as a blessing or a curse, presents an opportunity to forge a new model of growth that can revamp capitalism both structurally and culturally. In this regard, Social Generativity emerges as a crucial contribution to the ongoing debate, offering a much-needed and innovative conceptual synthesis rooted in a distinctive anthropological perspective focused on the selfhood forms sustained by the historical and economic conditions of our present day. Spanning four years of interdisciplinary empirical research primarily conducted on a sample of social groups, organizations, and firms in Italy, this volume redefines the notion of Social Generativity from its psychological origins as articulated by Erik Erikson to a social action that can be enacted in everyday life and across various spheres of existence.

A critical examination of contemporary capitalism, this volume holds appeal to postgraduate students and policy makers engaged in fields such as Organizational Studies, Anthropological Theory, Social Change, Economic Sociology, Public Affairs, and Business Ethics.

\n Weight: 486g\n
Dimension: 162 x 240 x 20 (mm)\n
ISBN-13: 9781138059160\n \n