Theory beyond structure and agency : introducing the metric/nonmetric distinction
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Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,
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| Sorozat: | Palgrave studies in relational sociology |
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Guy, Jean-Sébastien szerző Theory beyond structure and agency introducing the metric/nonmetric distinction by Jean-Sébastien Guy 1st ed. 2019 Cham Springer International Publishing Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan 2019 XIII, 277 p. ill. ; online forrás szöveg txt rdacontent számítógépes c rdamedia távoli hozzáférés cr rdacarrier szövegfájl PDF rda Palgrave studies in relational sociology 1. Introduction -- 2. Structure and Agency: Problem and Solution -- 3. DeLanda and the Metric/Nonmetric Distinction -- 4. Metric and Nonmetric in Weber and Durkheim -- 5. Forms and Medium in Luhmann's Systems Theory -- 6. Bourdieu, Giddens and Foucault Through the Metric/Nonmetric Distinction -- 7. Applying the Metric/Nonmetric Distinction -- 8. General Conclusion. “In this insightful and highly readable book, Jean-Sébastien Guy takes us on an intellectual tour de force that makes us see the social world in a different light. A fresh perspective and an essential contribution to the current discussions of social systems and relational sociology.” —Jan A. Fuhse, Heisenberg Fellow at the Institute of Social Sciences, Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany “In this original and provocative book, Jean-Sebastien Guy convincingly shows how the problem of structure and agency that has preoccupied sociologists throughout the history of their discipline amounts to an optical illusion. Employing the concepts of the metric and the nonmetric and using a variety of readily accessible examples, the author proposes an entirely different social theoretical lens that is perceptive to the internal variety of social reality.” —Olli Pyyhtinen, Professor of Sociology at the University of Tampere, Finland This book offers a solution for the problem of structure and agency in sociological theory by developing a new pair of fundamental concepts: metric and nonmetric. Nonmetric forms, arising in a crowd made out of innumerable individuals, correspond to social groups that divide the many individuals in the crowd into insiders and outsiders. Metric forms correspond to congested zones like traffic jams on a highway: individuals are constantly entering and leaving these zones so that they continue to exist, even though the individuals passing through them change. Building from these concepts, we can understand “agency” as a requirement for group identity and group membership, thus associating it with nonmetric forms, and “structure” as a building-up effect following the accumulation of metric forms. This reveals the contradiction between structure and agency to be a case of forced perspective, leaving us victim to an optical illusion. Nyomtatott kiadás: ISBN 9783030189822 Nyomtatott kiadás: ISBN 9783030189846 Nyomtatott kiadás: ISBN 9783030189853 Az e-könyvek a teljes ELTE IP-tartományon belül online elérhetők. e-book könyv Sociology Social sciences Philosophy Historical sociology Ontology szociológiaelmélet tanulmányok elektronikus könyv tanulmányok SpringerLink (Online service) közreadó testület Online változat https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-18983-9 Cham : Springer International Publishing Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan 2019 EUL01 |
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XIII, 277 p. : ill. ; online forrás |
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“In this insightful and highly readable book, Jean-Sébastien Guy takes us on an intellectual tour de force that makes us see the social world in a different light. A fresh perspective and an essential contribution to the current discussions of social systems and relational sociology.” —Jan A. Fuhse, Heisenberg Fellow at the Institute of Social Sciences, Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany “In this original and provocative book, Jean-Sebastien Guy convincingly shows how the problem of structure and agency that has preoccupied sociologists throughout the history of their discipline amounts to an optical illusion. Employing the concepts of the metric and the nonmetric and using a variety of readily accessible examples, the author proposes an entirely different social theoretical lens that is perceptive to the internal variety of social reality.” —Olli Pyyhtinen, Professor of Sociology at the University of Tampere, Finland This book offers a solution for the problem of structure and agency in sociological theory by developing a new pair of fundamental concepts: metric and nonmetric. Nonmetric forms, arising in a crowd made out of innumerable individuals, correspond to social groups that divide the many individuals in the crowd into insiders and outsiders. Metric forms correspond to congested zones like traffic jams on a highway: individuals are constantly entering and leaving these zones so that they continue to exist, even though the individuals passing through them change. Building from these concepts, we can understand “agency” as a requirement for group identity and group membership, thus associating it with nonmetric forms, and “structure” as a building-up effect following the accumulation of metric forms. This reveals the contradiction between structure and agency to be a case of forced perspective, leaving us victim to an optical illusion. |