European Amalfi Prize for Sociology and Social Sciences
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The European Amalfi Prize for Sociology and Social Sciences (Premio Europeo Amalfi per la Sociologia e le Scienze Sociali) is a prestigious Italian
award in the social sciences. Established in 1987 on the initiative of the Section for Sociological Theories and Social Transformations of the Italian Association of Sociology, it is conferred annually in Amalfi
to the author of a book or an article which was published within the previous two years and has made an important contribution to sociology.
The award ceremony is accompanied by an international sociological conference.
The awardees are selected by a jury currently consisting of Margaret Archer
, Allessandro Cavalli, Salvador Giner
, Joachim Israel, Michel Maffesoli
, Carlo Mongardini (chair), Birgitta Nedelmann, Helga Nowotny
, and Piotr Sztompka
. Previous members include Anthony Giddens
, Peter Gerlich and Friedrich H. Tenbruck.
The award was suspended in 1993 and 1996, in 1992 the jury decided not to assign the award.
In 1999, a biennial special award for an outstanding first book was established and named after Norbert Elias, the first recipient of the Amalfi Award. There are also other auxiliary awards in various categories; the main award can also be split.
1989 Elected to US Sociological
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award in the social sciences. Established in 1987 on the initiative of the Section for Sociological Theories and Social Transformations of the Italian Association of Sociology, it is conferred annually in Amalfi
Amalfi
Amalfi is a town and comune in the province of Salerno, in the region of Campania, Italy, on the Gulf of Salerno, c. 35 km southeast of Naples. It lies at the mouth of a deep ravine, at the foot of Monte Cerreto , surrounded by dramatic cliffs and coastal scenery...
to the author of a book or an article which was published within the previous two years and has made an important contribution to sociology.
The award ceremony is accompanied by an international sociological conference.
The awardees are selected by a jury currently consisting of Margaret Archer
Margaret Archer
Margaret Archer is Professor of Sociology at the University of Warwick, UK, since 1973. She is best known for coining the term elisionism in her 1995 book Realist Social Theory: The Morphogenetic Approach....
, Allessandro Cavalli, Salvador Giner
Salvador Giner
Salvador Giner i de San Julián is a Catalan sociologist and from 2005 he is the president of the Institute of Catalan Studies.- Biography:...
, Joachim Israel, Michel Maffesoli
Michel Maffesoli
Michel Maffesoli is a French sociologist of italian origin.He is a former pupil of Gilbert Durand and is at present a professor at the Paris Descartes University. Michel Maffesoli made a work around the issue of social link community, the prevalence of imagination and everyday life in contemporary...
, Carlo Mongardini (chair), Birgitta Nedelmann, Helga Nowotny
Helga Nowotny
Helga Nowotny is President of the European Research CouncilERC and Professor emeritus of Social Studies of Science, ETH Zurich. From 1998 on she was also Director of its Collegium Helveticum...
, and Piotr Sztompka
Piotr Sztompka
Piotr Sztompka is professor of Sociology at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Poland, and visiting professor at the University of California, Los Angeles....
. Previous members include Anthony Giddens
Anthony Giddens
Anthony Giddens, Baron Giddens is a British sociologist who is known for his theory of structuration and his holistic view of modern societies. He is considered to be one of the most prominent modern contributors in the field of sociology, the author of at least 34 books, published in at least 29...
, Peter Gerlich and Friedrich H. Tenbruck.
The award was suspended in 1993 and 1996, in 1992 the jury decided not to assign the award.
In 1999, a biennial special award for an outstanding first book was established and named after Norbert Elias, the first recipient of the Amalfi Award. There are also other auxiliary awards in various categories; the main award can also be split.
Laureates [incomplete/inaccurate]
- 1987: Norbert EliasNorbert EliasNorbert Elias was a German sociologist of Jewish descent, who later became a British citizen.-Biography:...
for Die Gesellschaft der Individuen - 1988: Serge MoscoviciSerge MoscoviciSerge Moscovici is a Romanian-born French social psychologist, currently the director of the Laboratoire Européen de Psychologie Sociale , which he co-founded in 1974 at the Maison des sciences de l'homme in Paris...
for La machine à faire des dieux
- Michael MannMichael Mann (sociologist)Michael Mann is a British-born professor of Sociology at the University of California, Los Angeles and Visiting Research Professor at Queen's University Belfast. Mann holds dual British and US citizenships. He received his B.A. in Modern History from the University of Oxford in 1963 and his...
for The Sources of Social Power. Volume I.
1989 Elected to US Sociological
- 1989: Zygmunt BaumanZygmunt BaumanZygmunt Bauman is a Polish sociologist who, since 1971, has resided in England after being driven out of Poland by an anti-Semitic campaign, engineered by the Communist government which he had previously supported...
for Modernity and the Holocaust
- Bulzoni Editore Special Award: Michel WieviorkaMichel WieviorkaMichel Wieviorka is a French sociologist, noted for his work on violence, terrorism, racism, social movements and the theory of social change....
for Société et terrorisme- 1990: M. Rainer Lepsius and Wolfgang J. Mommsen (editors) for Max WeberMax WeberKarl Emil Maximilian "Max" Weber was a German sociologist and political economist who profoundly influenced social theory, social research, and the discipline of sociology itself...
. Briefe 1906-1908
- 1990: M. Rainer Lepsius and Wolfgang J. Mommsen (editors) for Max Weber
- Zygmunt BaumanZygmunt BaumanZygmunt Bauman is a Polish sociologist who, since 1971, has resided in England after being driven out of Poland by an anti-Semitic campaign, engineered by the Communist government which he had previously supported...
for The Social Manipulation of Morality, Moralizing Actors, Adiaphorizing Action - Chen Liangjin for Social Developmental Mechanisms and Social Security Functions
- Bulzoni Editore Special Award: Nicole Lapierre for Le silence de la mémoire
- 1991: Louis DumontLouis Dumont (anthropologist)Louis Dumont was a French anthropologist. He was an associate professor at Oxford University during the 1950s, and director at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales in Paris...
for L'ideologie allemande
- 1991: Louis Dumont
- Bulzoni Editore Special Award: Philippe Sarasin for Die Stadt der Bürger
- Honourable Mention: Ron Eyerman's and Andrew Jamison for Social Movements
- 1992: main award not assigned
- Special Award of the Jury: Carlo Triglia for Sviluppo senza autonomia
- 1993: award suspended
- Shortlisted: Harvie FergusonHarvie FergusonHarvie Ferguson is Professor of Sociology at the University of Glasgow. He has written extensively on the development of cultural, philosophical, and psychological aspects of the development of western modernity....
for Religious Transformation in Western Society, The End of Happiness- 1994: Charles TillyCharles TillyCharles Tilly was an American sociologist, political scientist, and historian who wrote on the relationship between politics and society. He was the Joseph L. Buttenwieser Professor of Social Science at Columbia University....
for European Revolutions (1942-1992)
- 1994: Charles Tilly
- Special Award of the Jury: Christoph Braun (editor), Max Weber. Musiksoziologie
- 1995: Raymond BoudonRaymond BoudonRaymond Boudon is a French sociologist.He is a Professor in the University of Paris-Sorbonne, and is a member of many important institutions: Académie des Sciences morales et politiques, Academia Europaea, British Academy, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, International Academy of Human...
for Le juste et le vrai;
- 1995: Raymond Boudon
- François FuretFrançois Furet-Biography:Born in Paris on 27 March 1927, into a wealthy family, François Furet was a brilliant student who graduated from the Sorbonne with the highest honors and soon decided on a life of research, teaching and writing. He received his education at the Lycée Janson de Sailly and at the faculty...
, Le passé d'une illusion; - Peter-Ulrich Merz-Benz, Tiefsinn und Scharfsinn: Ferdinand TönniesFerdinand TönniesFerdinand Tönnies was a German sociologist. He was a major contributor to sociological theory and field studies, best known for his distinction between two types of social groups, Gemeinschaft and Gesellschaft...
' begriffliche Konstitution der Sozialwelt- 1996: award suspended
- Shortlisted: Andrew W. Metcalfe and Ann Game for Passionate Sociology
- 1997: Niklas LuhmannNiklas LuhmannNiklas Luhmann was a German sociologist, and a prominent thinker in sociological systems theory.-Biography:...
for Die Gesellschaft der Gesellschaft (on behalf of the Section for Classics of Contemporary Sociology);
- 1997: Niklas Luhmann
- Martin Albrow for The Global Age (on behalf of the Section for New Perspectives in the Social Sciences)
- 1998: Alain TouraineAlain TouraineAlain Touraine is a French sociologist born in Hermanville-sur-Mer. He is research director at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, where he founded the Centre d'étude des mouvements sociaux . He is best known for being the originator of the term "post-industrial society"...
for Comment sortire du liberalisme (on behalf of the Section for Classics of Contemporary Sociology);
- 1998: Alain Touraine
- Luigi Sturzo Special Award for Political Studies: Serge LatoucheSerge LatoucheSerge Latouche is a French emeritus professor at the University of Paris-Sud and a critic of the consumer society.-Books:...
- 1999: :Richard SennettRichard SennettRichard Sennett is the Centennial Professor of Sociology at the London School of Economics and University Professor of the Humanities at New York University...
for The Corrosion the Character (on behalf of the Section for New Perspectives in the Social Sciences)
- 1999: :Richard Sennett
- Norbert Elias Amalfi Prize: David Lepoutre for Cœur de banlieue: codes, rites et langages
- 2000: award suspended
- 2001: John B. ThompsonJohn Thompson (sociologist)John Brookshire Thompson is a Sociology professor at the University of Cambridge and a fellow of Jesus College. He has studied the influence of the media in the formation of modern societies, a subject on which he is one of the few social theorists to focus...
for Political Scandal
- Shmuel Noah Eisenstadt for ?
- Luigi Sturzo Special Award for Political Studies: Michael Th. Greven for Die politische Gesellschaft
- Norbert Elias Amalfi Prize: Wilbert Van Vree for Meetings, Manners and Civilization: The Development of Modern Meeting Behaviour.
- 2002: award suspended
- 2003: Norbert Elias Amalfi Prize: Nikola Tietze for Islamische Identitäten: Formen muslimischer Religiosität junger Männer in Deutschland und Frankreich
- 2004: award suspended
- 2005:Sociological Theories and Social Transformations Section: Suzanne Keller for Community: Pursuing the Dream, Living the Reality
- 2006: Sergio Fabbrini for America and its critics
- 2007: award suspended
- 2008: Pierre RosanvallonPierre RosanvallonPierre Rosanvallon is a French intellectual and historian, named professor at the Collège de France in 2001. He holds there the chair in the modern and contemporary history of the political. His works are dedicated to the history of democracy, French political history, the role of the state and...
Counter-Democracy: Politics in an Age of Distrust - 2008: award suspended
- 2010 - Gérard Bronner per La Pensée Extrêmee