Agency and Structure - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Agency and Structure write by Piotr Sztompka. This book was released on 2014-08-21. Agency and Structure available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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.
Agency and Structure (RLE Social Theory)
Agency and Structure (RLE Social Theory) - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Agency and Structure (RLE Social Theory) write by Piotr Sztompka. This book was released on 2014-08-21. Agency and Structure (RLE Social Theory) available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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.
Agency and Structure
Agency and Structure - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Agency and Structure write by Piotr Sztompka. This book was released on 1994. Agency and Structure available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Structure, Interaction and Social Theory (RLE Social Theory)
Structure, Interaction and Social Theory (RLE Social Theory) - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Structure, Interaction and Social Theory (RLE Social Theory) write by Derek Layder. This book was released on 2014-08-21. Structure, Interaction and Social Theory (RLE Social Theory) available 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.
Culture, Structure and Agency
Culture, Structure and Agency - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Culture, Structure and Agency write by David Rubinstein. This book was released on 2001. Culture, Structure and Agency available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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.
