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Individualism versus Holism: An Attempt to Overcome Theoretical Dualism
| Title: | Individualism versus Holism: An Attempt to Overcome Theoretical Dualism |
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| Authors: | J Šubrt |
| Source: | RUDN journal of Sociology, Vol 0, Iss 1, Pp 28-46 (2013) |
| Publisher Information: | Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University), 2013. |
| Publication Year: | 2013 |
| Collection: | LCC:Sociology (General) |
| Subject Terms: | социологическая теория, индивидуализм, холизм, теоретическая дилемма, дуализм, теория структурации, критический реализм, Sociology (General), HM401-1281 |
| Description: | The article deals with one of the key theoretical dilemmas of contemporary sociology: the dualism of the individualistic and holistic approaches. One of the most famous attempts to overcome this dualism is Anthony Giddens’ structuring theory, alongside with the conception of critical realism of Roy Bhaskar and Margaret Archer. Their efforts are focused on bringing together the individualistic and holistic approaches, as well as on the alternation of both perspectives within a single explanatory model. The author of this article believes that this problem can be solved exclusively if both perspectives are “blended” in their theoretical explanation demonstrating that the concepts which we use in sociological theory — the actor, action, and structure — are inherently dualistic, in other words, they are “duplexes”. |
| Document Type: | article |
| File Description: | electronic resource |
| Language: | English Russian |
| ISSN: | 2313-2272 2408-8897 |
| Relation: | http://journals.rudn.ru/sociology/article/view/6168; https://doaj.org/toc/2313-2272; https://doaj.org/toc/2408-8897 |
| Access URL: | https://doaj.org/article/a155dedf6d1541dcb970541aa921d1a0 |
| Accession Number: | edsdoj.155dedf6d1541dcb970541aa921d1a0 |
| Database: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
| ISSN: | 23132272 24088897 |
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