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Author | : Piotr Sztompka |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 332 |
Release | : 2014-08-21 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1317652592 |
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A striking feature of the human condition is its dual, contradictory, inherently split character; on the one hand, autonomy and freedom; on the other, constraint and dependence on social structure. This volume addresses this central problem of the linkage between human action and social structure in sociological and social science theory. Contributions cover several different approaches to the agency-structure problematic, and represent the work of a number of leading international sociologists. Their efforts point to a reorientation of social theory, both on philosophical and methodological levels.
Author | : Piotr Sztompka |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 295 |
Release | : 2014-08-21 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1317652584 |
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A striking feature of the human condition is its dual, contradictory, inherently split character; on the one hand, autonomy and freedom; on the other, constraint and dependence on social structure. This volume addresses this central problem of the linkage between human action and social structure in sociological and social science theory. Contributions cover several different approaches to the agency-structure problematic, and represent the work of a number of leading international sociologists. Their efforts point to a reorientation of social theory, both on philosophical and methodological levels.
Author | : Piotr Sztompka |
Publisher | : Gordon & Breach Science Pub |
Total Pages | : 313 |
Release | : 1994 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9782881245978 |
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Author | : Derek Layder |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 289 |
Release | : 2014-08-21 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1317650662 |
Download Structure, Interaction and Social Theory (RLE Social Theory) Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
A central problem in contemporary social theory is that of providing an account of social interaction that does justice both to the self-monitoring capacities of the individuals involved and to the society that ‘frames’ the interaction. This book attempts to resolve this problem, arguing for an objectivist or ‘structuralist’ account which does not undervalue the importance of the indexical and negotiated aspects of interaction, and which takes seriously the Marxist-rationalist critique of empiricism and humanism and the associated idea that society should be treated as a supra-individual, preconstituted and constraining object of scientific analysis. First, Dr Layder pinpoints certain of the strengths and weaknesses of various schools of thought: social psychology (scrutinized in both its sociological and psychological forms), sociology, the Marxist-rationalist approach. Whilst rejecting the mechanistic or naively deterministic theories which are often associated with an objectivist stance, he argues that the productive activities of situated actors must be understood as existing in an articulated relationship with, and within, sets of preconstituted contextual constraints. This thesis is illustrated conceptually by the development of a framework which distinguishes two types and levels of social structure, with different modes of production and reproduction, and empirically by an analysis of aspects of interaction in the occupation of acting.
Author | : David Rubinstein |
Publisher | : SAGE |
Total Pages | : 260 |
Release | : 2001 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9780761919285 |
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This book addresses two key issues in sociological theory: the debate between structural and cultural approaches and the problem of agency. It does this through looking at the work of Marx, Weber, and Durkheim and the ideas of modern theorists like Pierre Bourdieu, Anthony Giddens, and Talcott Parsons. The book examines economics, rational choice theory, network theory, ethnomethodology, and symbolic interactionism.
Author | : Ronald L. Breiger |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 206 |
Release | : 2014-08-21 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1317657586 |
Download Explorations in Structural Analysis (RLE Social Theory) Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
At a time when most of the innovative techniques in empirical sociology concern themselves with networks of relations among variables (such as indices of occupational prestige, education and income), the central theme of this volume is that there is much substantive insight and analytical leverage to be gained from a conceptualization of social structure directly, as regularities in the patterning of relations among concrete entities. The view adopted here is that variate distributions measure selected consequences of structural pattern (of the actual connections among individuals or organizations) and, as such, they are useful indicators of questions to be asked in analyzing social structures directly, but they are neither descriptions nor analyses of the structure itself.
Author | : Bryan S. Turner |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 136 |
Release | : 2014-08-27 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1317652258 |
Download Talcott Parsons on Economy and Society (RLE Social Theory) Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
'In this remarkable collection of essays, Holton and Turner demonstrate that Parsonian sociology addresses the most central problems of our time – issues of sickness and health, power and inequality, the nature of capitalism and its possible alternatives. They develop a mature and original perspective on Parsons as the only classical theorist who avoided crippling nostalgia. Holton and Turner not only talk about Parsonian sociology in a profound and insightful way, they do it, and do it well. As sociology moves away from the rigid dichotomies of earlier debate, this book will help point the way.' – Jeffrey Alexander, Professor and Director of Graduate Studies in Sociology, UCLA
Author | : Anthony Giddens |
Publisher | : John Wiley & Sons |
Total Pages | : 585 |
Release | : 2013-06-28 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 0745665284 |
Download The Constitution of Society Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Anthony Giddens has been in the forefront of developments in social theory for the past decade. In The Constitution of Society he outlines the distinctive position he has evolved during that period and offers a full statement of a major new perspective in social thought, a synthesis and elaboration of ideas touched on in previous works but described here for the first time in an integrated and comprehensive form. A particular feature is Giddens's concern to connect abstract problems of theory to an interpretation of the nature of empirical method in the social sciences. In presenting his own ideas, Giddens mounts a critical attack on some of the more orthodox sociological views. The Constitution of Society is an invaluable reference book for all those concerned with the basic issues in contemporary social theory.
Author | : Robert King Merton |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 680 |
Release | : 1957 |
Genre | : Sociology |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Barry Barnes |
Publisher | : SAGE |
Total Pages | : 182 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9780761963684 |
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In this penetrating and assured book, one of the leading commentators in the field argues that social theory is moving in the wrong direction in its reflections on human freedom and autonomy. It has borrowed notions of 'agency' and 'choice' from everyday discourse, but increasingly it puts a misconceived individualistic gloss upon them. Against this, Barnes unequivocally identifies human beings as social agents in a profound sense, and emphasises the vital importance of their sociability. Notions of 'agency', 'freedom' and 'choice' have to be understood by reference to their role in communicative interaction; they are key components of the discourse through which human beings identify each other, and have effects upon each other, as soci