CULTURAL THEORY AND HISTORY: THEORETICAL ISSUES
... with some details of narrativist theories than with basic discoveries. One can, of course, reject White’s idea of founding the poetics of historical writing on Northrop Frye’s theory of tropes. Still it does not disqualify the general thesis that history – being something shaped in language – is gov ...
... with some details of narrativist theories than with basic discoveries. One can, of course, reject White’s idea of founding the poetics of historical writing on Northrop Frye’s theory of tropes. Still it does not disqualify the general thesis that history – being something shaped in language – is gov ...
Postmodernism and Sociology: From the - CJ
... they take questions about modernism raised in architecture, art, and literature and extend them to knowledge and truth. Specifically, poststructuralists critique modern philosophy’s foundationalist approach, break with conventional modes of representation to argue for reality as an effect of languag ...
... they take questions about modernism raised in architecture, art, and literature and extend them to knowledge and truth. Specifically, poststructuralists critique modern philosophy’s foundationalist approach, break with conventional modes of representation to argue for reality as an effect of languag ...
The narrative constitution of identity: A relational and
... and western. Most important, they claim that it is only in the context of this theoretical sleight of hand, one that claims universality for the particnlaristic and androcentric, that the experiences of others are suppressed, denied, and devalued in the first place. Thus the theoretical response has ...
... and western. Most important, they claim that it is only in the context of this theoretical sleight of hand, one that claims universality for the particnlaristic and androcentric, that the experiences of others are suppressed, denied, and devalued in the first place. Thus the theoretical response has ...
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... could be removed through refined analysis but are, rather, constitutive conditions of the research activityiii. For instance, praiseworthy research on gender inequalities presupposes an assumption by the researcher that there is a distinction between men and women and that this distinction is potent ...
... could be removed through refined analysis but are, rather, constitutive conditions of the research activityiii. For instance, praiseworthy research on gender inequalities presupposes an assumption by the researcher that there is a distinction between men and women and that this distinction is potent ...
john mingers - Kent Academic Repository
... 2. The Development of Systems Thinking Systems thinking or the systems approach1 developed in its modern form with a burst of new ideas in a range of disciplines during the 1920s and 1930s although some of the underlying principles can be traced back to the Greeks, especially Aristotle2. Traditiona ...
... 2. The Development of Systems Thinking Systems thinking or the systems approach1 developed in its modern form with a burst of new ideas in a range of disciplines during the 1920s and 1930s although some of the underlying principles can be traced back to the Greeks, especially Aristotle2. Traditiona ...
Practice Theory - WesScholar
... [1973] characterized as “thick” descriptive terms rather than the extremely thin language demanded by behaviorists. The claim is that human performances and activities are themselves meaningful, rather than having meaning imposed upon or infused within them by animating beliefs, desires, and intenti ...
... [1973] characterized as “thick” descriptive terms rather than the extremely thin language demanded by behaviorists. The claim is that human performances and activities are themselves meaningful, rather than having meaning imposed upon or infused within them by animating beliefs, desires, and intenti ...
Theories of Practice as an Approach to
... theoretical consolidation. This is most obvious when contemplating the situations of different disciplines, where there is very little common ground (see, for example, the review in Miller, 1995). Our current project,1 and other work at CRIC, is exploring the applicability of theories of practice to ...
... theoretical consolidation. This is most obvious when contemplating the situations of different disciplines, where there is very little common ground (see, for example, the review in Miller, 1995). Our current project,1 and other work at CRIC, is exploring the applicability of theories of practice to ...
practice theory
... [1973] characterized as “thick” descriptive terms rather than the extremely thin language demanded by behaviorists. The claim is that human performances and activities are themselves meaningful, rather than having meaning imposed upon or infused within them by animating beliefs, desires, and intenti ...
... [1973] characterized as “thick” descriptive terms rather than the extremely thin language demanded by behaviorists. The claim is that human performances and activities are themselves meaningful, rather than having meaning imposed upon or infused within them by animating beliefs, desires, and intenti ...
A Theory of Fields - UC Berkeley Sociology
... informs our conception of “social skill,” which we define as the capacity for intersubjective thought and action that shapes the provision of meaning, interests, and identity in the service of collective ends. In fashioning this perspective we draw heavily on research and theory generated by scholar ...
... informs our conception of “social skill,” which we define as the capacity for intersubjective thought and action that shapes the provision of meaning, interests, and identity in the service of collective ends. In fashioning this perspective we draw heavily on research and theory generated by scholar ...
1 COLLECTIVE INTENTIONALITY AND SOCIAL AGENTS Raimo
... that the so-called we-mode/I-mode distinction as applied to attitudes and actions is important and that the macro-level social notions essentially will depend on the use of we-mode notions. While this is to large extent a programmatic paper, I should immediately add that much of the program already ...
... that the so-called we-mode/I-mode distinction as applied to attitudes and actions is important and that the macro-level social notions essentially will depend on the use of we-mode notions. While this is to large extent a programmatic paper, I should immediately add that much of the program already ...
CONTEXT AND COGNITION: KNOWLEDGE FRAMES AND
... specify what in a certain culture is characteristic or typical . This criterion seems to single out especially certain episodes of social interaction, such as going to the movies, travelling by train, or eating in a restaurant. Although we might also call a frame the set of epistemic units we have a ...
... specify what in a certain culture is characteristic or typical . This criterion seems to single out especially certain episodes of social interaction, such as going to the movies, travelling by train, or eating in a restaurant. Although we might also call a frame the set of epistemic units we have a ...
PowerPoints Chapter 12
... theories can bring about social changes in social structures and practices, that is, the promotion of a particular theory becomes a social actuality • View that, if theorists have well developed theories which question the objectivity of financial accounting, and if they are able to generate suffici ...
... theories can bring about social changes in social structures and practices, that is, the promotion of a particular theory becomes a social actuality • View that, if theorists have well developed theories which question the objectivity of financial accounting, and if they are able to generate suffici ...
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... recurrence. These events may cause from trauma, grief, pressure, or even from typical daily hassles (such as traffic congestion). Based on the factors described above, a domain model for the occurrence of relapse or recurrence of a depression has been developed [1]. The simulation results have shown ...
... recurrence. These events may cause from trauma, grief, pressure, or even from typical daily hassles (such as traffic congestion). Based on the factors described above, a domain model for the occurrence of relapse or recurrence of a depression has been developed [1]. The simulation results have shown ...
1. social structure and organizations revisited
... culturally-embedded (March & Olson, 1976; Dacin, Ventresca & Beal, 1999). In the 1950s and 1960s, sociologists charted a political economy approach to organizations, informed by middle-range theorizing and rich empirical case studies. These sociological approaches to organizations were informed and ...
... culturally-embedded (March & Olson, 1976; Dacin, Ventresca & Beal, 1999). In the 1950s and 1960s, sociologists charted a political economy approach to organizations, informed by middle-range theorizing and rich empirical case studies. These sociological approaches to organizations were informed and ...
Embodied Autonomy in Digital Ecosystems: From Bio-inspired Agents to Cognitive Systems
... as it arrives—typically from several distributed sites— and execute specific tasks in response to what they find. These systems are most useful for automating tasks across organizations by using data shared over the Internet, especially when the underlying data are structured according to prevailing ...
... as it arrives—typically from several distributed sites— and execute specific tasks in response to what they find. These systems are most useful for automating tasks across organizations by using data shared over the Internet, especially when the underlying data are structured according to prevailing ...
American Journal of Sociology 598 Given this brief
... in this view, is like a Weberian prophet. His highly original vision proved a boon insofar as it inspired many but also a bane insofar as it has been difficult to duplicate. Scheff offers two specific hypotheses on why Goffman’s sociological charisma has proved so resistant to routinization. First, ...
... in this view, is like a Weberian prophet. His highly original vision proved a boon insofar as it inspired many but also a bane insofar as it has been difficult to duplicate. Scheff offers two specific hypotheses on why Goffman’s sociological charisma has proved so resistant to routinization. First, ...
Rethinking Classical Theory: The Sociological Vision of Pierre
... antagonism which sets these two modes of knowledge against each other and at the same time to preservethe insights gained by each position."5 I shall have more to say later about Bourdieu's attempt to avoid the twin dangers of subjectivismand objectivism. Here, however, I wish to consider a second ( ...
... antagonism which sets these two modes of knowledge against each other and at the same time to preservethe insights gained by each position."5 I shall have more to say later about Bourdieu's attempt to avoid the twin dangers of subjectivismand objectivism. Here, however, I wish to consider a second ( ...
Chapter 1: Sociology: Theory and Method Third Edition
... a. the study of ethnicity, race, and urban social relations in multicultural contexts b. questions that relate to the knowledge produced when sociologists link a current phenomenon to historical forces c. the study of something with a historical basis (e.g., the Russian Revolution) and involving the ...
... a. the study of ethnicity, race, and urban social relations in multicultural contexts b. questions that relate to the knowledge produced when sociologists link a current phenomenon to historical forces c. the study of something with a historical basis (e.g., the Russian Revolution) and involving the ...
The promise of historical sociology in international relations
... has become increasingly influential over the past decade or so. Several approaches, most notable amongst them constructivism, have discovered (or rediscovered) the work of figures as diverse as Anthony Giddens, Jürgen Habermas and Erving Goffman, not to mention Durkheim, Marx, Gramsci, and Weber. Th ...
... has become increasingly influential over the past decade or so. Several approaches, most notable amongst them constructivism, have discovered (or rediscovered) the work of figures as diverse as Anthony Giddens, Jürgen Habermas and Erving Goffman, not to mention Durkheim, Marx, Gramsci, and Weber. Th ...
Reorienting Critical Realism: the Actual Essence of the Capitalist
... ‘Social structures’ are, according to critical realism, emergent entities, essentially constituted by ensembles of social relationships. Examples of such relationships are those of husband-wife, landlord-tenant or wage labour-capital. Such social relationships typically determine the relevant nature ...
... ‘Social structures’ are, according to critical realism, emergent entities, essentially constituted by ensembles of social relationships. Examples of such relationships are those of husband-wife, landlord-tenant or wage labour-capital. Such social relationships typically determine the relevant nature ...
structuration theory and organization research
... of meta-theoretical paradigms has been employed to legitimize plurality in perspective and to dispel ‘scientific authoritarianism’ (see Burrell & Morgan, 1979). However, we agree with Weaver and Gioia (1994) in that it is paradoxical to call for cross-paradigm or multi-paradigm organizational inquir ...
... of meta-theoretical paradigms has been employed to legitimize plurality in perspective and to dispel ‘scientific authoritarianism’ (see Burrell & Morgan, 1979). However, we agree with Weaver and Gioia (1994) in that it is paradoxical to call for cross-paradigm or multi-paradigm organizational inquir ...
Social Practices and Normativity
... subsequent performance affects the significance of other performances by changing the score. Such a conception can be applied more generally, however. Foucault’s (1982) conception of power, as “a mode of action which does not act directly and immediately upon others, [but] instead acts upon their ac ...
... subsequent performance affects the significance of other performances by changing the score. Such a conception can be applied more generally, however. Foucault’s (1982) conception of power, as “a mode of action which does not act directly and immediately upon others, [but] instead acts upon their ac ...
Berk DEV
... terms with who makes the laws, and tends to underemphasize the fact that crime is political. They move toward this direction somewhat in an analysis of contingencies in labeling and the role of moral entrepreneurs in creating rules, but stop short of an in depth analysis of the role of power and int ...
... terms with who makes the laws, and tends to underemphasize the fact that crime is political. They move toward this direction somewhat in an analysis of contingencies in labeling and the role of moral entrepreneurs in creating rules, but stop short of an in depth analysis of the role of power and int ...
JUST PRACTICE: STEPS TOWARD A NEW SOCIAL WORK
... social theorists and consider their value for social work. In particular, we address the important work of contemporary social and cultural theorists who have been articulating a theory of practice which attends to the dynamic, power-laden interplay of structure and human agency (Bourdieu, 1977; de ...
... social theorists and consider their value for social work. In particular, we address the important work of contemporary social and cultural theorists who have been articulating a theory of practice which attends to the dynamic, power-laden interplay of structure and human agency (Bourdieu, 1977; de ...