Conceptualising the Social World : Principles of Social Analysis
John. Scott
Bok Engelsk 2011 · Electronic books.
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| Utgitt | Cambridge : Cambridge University Press , 2011
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (344 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Cover; Conceptualising the Social World; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; 1 Diversity and Continuity in Social Theory; 2 Culture: the Socialisation of Meaning; Culture, language, and meaning; Culture as collective mentality; Communication and cultural reproduction; Cultural differentiation and diversity; Symbolic systems and cultural codes; Culture, discourse, and power; 3 Nature: Conditions and Constraints; Environment and way of life; Determinism and possibilism; Habitat, place, and way of life; Bodies and the genetic mechanism; Cultural and social construction; Race and ethnicity. - 7 Social Action: Interpersonal and CollectiveAction and social action; Strategic action and social exchange; Committed action and symbolic interaction; Agency, structure, and reflexivity; Collective action; 8 Subjects: Socialised Minds; Mind and mentality; Instincts and emotions; Personality structure and the unconscious; Cognitive and emotional integrity; Sleep, dreams, and neuroses; Personality development; 9 Social Development: Differentiation and Change; Growth, development, and differentiation; Unilinear and multilinear development; Conflict, diffusion, and path dependence; 10 Conclusion. - NotesReferences; Index. - Sex, gender, kinshipMatters of life and death; 4 Systemic Processes: Regulation and Control; Motion, forces, and fields; Organisation, emergence, and function; Information, integration, and autonomy; Complexity and chaos; 5 Space-Time: Forms and Practices; Space; Formal conceptions of space; Surfaces and urban structures; Time; Social time, temporalising practices, and objectified time; Levels of time and structures of time; 6 Social Structure: Institutions and Relations; The facticity of social structures; Institutional structure; Relational structure; Structuration and causal power. - Showing that different approaches can be combined in a single disciplinary framework, Scott argues that sociologists can transcend theoretical differences.
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| ISBN | 9780521711364. - 9780521884495
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