{"product_id":"orienting-to-chance-1","title":"Orienting to Chance","description":"\u003cb\u003eExplores the implications of chance and uncertainty in social theory and offers a new interpretation of the sociological canon. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Since the founding of the discipline, sociologists have endeavored to understand the structures of groups, organizations, and societies, and how these entities condition our behavior. While some of the foundational theorists saw these processes as largely deterministic, sociological theory has increasingly insisted on the importance of culture in shaping our position in and responses to social groups. In \u003ci\u003eOrienting to Chance\u003c\/i\u003e, sociologists Michael Strand and Omar Lizardo aim to show that the social order bears an unmistakable link to \u003ci\u003echance\u003c\/i\u003e and urge us to think about how it conditions our actions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Strand and Lizardo provide a sweeping overview of a new social theory framework that they call probabilism. Using examples of probabilism in sociology, particularly in the work of Max Weber, W. E. B. Du Bois, and Pierre Bourdieu, they describe probabilism’s place in multiple fields of science. As the authors argue, their effort at redefinition and recovery helps position sociology as a field of the future, while also keeping it grounded in core issues of action, structure, culture, inequality, and inequity. By sharing these groundbreaking insights and revealing wider theoretical claims about mortality, fate, and technology in the contemporary era, Strand and Lizardo demonstrate how probabilism is an essential intervention for understanding the inevitable role of uncertainty in social life.\u003cbr\u003e  ","brand":"The University of Chicago Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54719696503128,"sku":"9780226843131","price":34.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780226843131.jpg?v=1777931120","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/orienting-to-chance-1","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}