Individuality and collectivity are central concepts in sociological inquiry. Incorporating cultural history, social theory, urban and economic sociology, Borch proposes an innovative rethinking of these key terms and their interconnections via the concept of the social avalanche. Drawing on...

Inhaltsverzeichnis: Politics of recuperation. An introduction / Francisco Martínez -- Recuperative modes of action: Reciprocity, dependence and resistance to austerity policies in rural Portugal / Ema Pires -- Beautiful people eat ugly fruit: Ugliness and the cracks of the system / André...

"Individuality and collectivity are at the heart of sociological inquiry. Through a tour de force of cultural history, social theory, urban sociology and economic sociology, Christian Borch offers an innovative rethinking of these terms and their interconnections via the concept of the social...