Beyond sociology

an introduction and an invitation

Ananta K. Giri

1-10

The concept of society

beyond the socio-centric and atman-centric predicament

Daya Krishna

11-27

Beyond sociology

cultivating an ontological epistemology of participation

Ananta K. Giri

29-51

Deep sociology

John Clammer

53-69

Inferential dialectics

on dialectical reasoning in critical social science and the socio-cultural world

Piet Strydom

71-92

Moral consciousness and communicative action

from discourse ethics to spiritual transformations

Ananta K. Giri

93-121

Beyond sociology

mysticism and society

Philip Wexler

123-144

Confucian self-transformation as an alternative sociology

meaningful action vs. performance with differential profundity

Wei-Hsu Lu

145-171

Structure, agency and victimization

on the ethics of scientific writing

Gudrun Dahl

173-191

With and beyond plurality of standpoints

sociology and the sadhana of multi-valued logic and living

Ananta K. Giri

193-220

Afterword

beyond a materialist sociology

Marcus Bussey

221-224