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The society of individuals: how to solve the dilemma of individualism and holism in historical sociology
Společnost individuí: jak vyřešit dilema individualismu a holismu v historické sociologii
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Abstract "One of the questions that Norbert Elias tries to resolve in his work -either explicitly or implicitly- is the issue of the relationship between the individual and society. Elias critically assesses two approaches to this issue that sociology offered in his time, namely the Weberian conception of in... mehr
"One of the questions that Norbert Elias tries to resolve in his work -either explicitly or implicitly- is the issue of the relationship between the individual and society. Elias critically assesses two approaches to this issue that sociology offered in his time, namely the Weberian conception of individualism that postulates the human individual as the starting point of sociological thought, and the Durkheimian conception of holism, which considered society as a whole as the starting point, giving regard to holistic, supra-individual social facts. Elias considers both of these solutions one-sided and unsatisfactory, and in his conception tries to supercede them. His strategy is close to that of Georg Simmel before him. It consists in highlighting the "third" that lies between the individual and society, which connects them. Simmel calls this "third" "Wechselwirkung". Elias speaks about "figuration". In this article, we consider how successful Elias' strategy is, its merits and its shortcomings. At the end of the text, the author attempts to formulate his own solution of the discussed problem, which is different from Elias's approach and based on the concept of "homo duplex"." (author's abstract)... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
soziologische Theorie; Individuum; Holismus; Gesellschaft; Figuration; Individualismus; historische Sozialforschung; Soziologie; soziale Faktoren; Struktur
Klassifikation
Soziologie von Gesamtgesellschaften
Allgemeine Soziologie, Makrosoziologie, spezielle Theorien und Schulen, Entwicklung und Geschichte der Soziologie
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2015
Seitenangabe
S. 9-23
Zeitschriftentitel
Historická sociologie / Historical Sociology (2015) 1
DOI
https://doi.org/10.14712/23363525.2015.2
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)
Lizenz
Creative Commons - Namensnennung, Nicht kommerz., Keine Bearbeitung