J H Turner
Biographic Data
| ID | 10068 |
|---|---|
| NAME | J H Turner |
| GIVEN NAMES | J H |
| FAMILY NAME | Turner |
| SIGNATURE | TURNER J H |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of California, Riverside |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4648-893X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 30 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 76 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 30 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1873 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
The stratification of emotions as a driving force in human societies
An Approach to Evolutionary Sociology and its Implications for Theorizing on Socio-Cultural Evolution
A theoretical research program is outlined that seeks to use the Modern Synthesis in explaining human evolution, but also recognizes its limitations in explaining the evolution of socio-cultural systems. The universe, from a human perspective, is composed of physical, biological, and socio-cultural dimensions, each revealing unique properties and dynamics. In the case of the socio-cultural universe, modern evolutionary theory is relevant for some…
Theorist’s Appreciation of Immanuel Wallerstein’s Analysis of Inter-Societal Dynamics
In the 1950s and well into the 1960s and 1970s, a "modernization" approach dominated much analysis of the study inter-societal dynamics.The basic thrust of this approach was to argue that if the motives and orientations of individuals in less economically developed societies could be altered, it would be possible over time for such societies to get on track to modernization.Of course, economic capital and less despotic political systems were need…
The Future of Sociology: Ideology or Objective Social Science
The rise of affectivism
Incest, Theoretical Perspectives on
Anthropology and sociology have long been fascinated with incest and the origin of the incest taboo. Incest refers to any illicit sexual act, whereas the incest taboo refers to a “thou shalt not” have sexual relations with offspring within the nuclear family, though in many traditional societies the taboo is extended to a broader kinship network. In the nineteenth century, theorizing about incest often began with the idea of a pre‐kinship “horde”…
Principles of Inter-Societal Dynamics
World-system dynamics are re-conceptualized as inter-societal systems with some de-emphasis on the notions of core, periphery, and semi-periphery. This tri-part division has been useful in forcing sociology to rethink macro-level sociological analysis and in establishing the importance of considering inter-societal systems as a fundamental unit of human social organization, but this Weberian-like ideal type is constraining theoretical analysis. M…
Micro–Macro Links
Microsociological and macrosociological theories address social phenomena at different levels or scales. Macrosociology addresses large‐scale phenomena such as institutions and stratification systems. Microsociology operates at smaller scales such as interpersonal resource exchanges and conversation analysis. For many decades macrosociology and microsociology have developed almost independently of one another. From time to time, the question of h…
North Central Sociological Association 2008 Plenary Address: The Practice of Scientific Theorizing in Sociology and the Use of Scientific Theory in Sociological Practice
Sociological practice operates at the margins of sociology partly because theorists do not develop testable theories, while researchers rely heavily on methodologies that are not conducive to theory testing. Sociological theorizing engages in activities such as ideological critique, meta-theorizing, history of ideas, hero-worship of the classical theorists, and epistemological negativism that deflect attention away from developing general theorie…
Product Review: After Parsons: A Theory of Social Action for the Twenty-First Century
Micro‐Macro Links
Macrosociology addresses large‐scale phenomena such as institutional systems, whereas microsociology deals with smaller‐scale phenomena such as interpersonal behavior. Over the years, the theoretical agendas of macrosociology and microsociology have developed almost independently of one another. For some time, the issue of how to link these disparate levels of analysis – or how to close what is often termed the “micro‐macro gap” – has been debate…
Why Are Elegant Theories Under-Utilized by Sociologists
Response to Commentary
Sociology: Concepts and Uses
The Social Cage: Human Nature and the Evolution of Society
The First Human Society: Hunters and Gatherers
The Origins of Human Culture
The misuse and use of metatheory
Durkheimian Sociology: Cultural Studies
Social Theory Today
Approaches to Social Theory
Towards Post-Empiricist Sociological Theorising
Post-Modern Theory
Is 'Neofunctionalism' Really Functional
analysis. After all, he emphasized, each sociologist is concerned with the interpretation of phenomena in terms of their interconnections with societies as going concerns (Davis, 1959:760). Davis' view was in response to the early and mounting criticisms being leveled at functionalism, in general, and its Parsonian variant, in particular. More recently, Jeffrey Alexander (1985:7-8) has made an argument similar to Davis', although the old structur…
Toward a unified theory of ethnic antagonism: A preliminary synthesis of three macro models
Is 'Neofunctionalism' Really Functional
analysis. After all, he emphasized, each sociologist is concerned with the interpretation of phenomena in terms of their interconnections with societies as going concerns (Davis, 1959:760). Davis' view was in response to the early and mounting criticisms being leveled at functionalism, in general, and its Parsonian variant, in particular. More recently, Jeffrey Alexander (1985:7-8) has made an argument similar to Davis', although the old structur…
Toward a unified theory of ethnic antagonism: A preliminary synthesis of three macro models
The rise of affectivism
Why Are Elegant Theories Under-Utilized by Sociologists
The misuse and use of metatheory
The Emergence of Sociological Theory
The Social Cage: Human Nature and the Evolution of Society
Sociology as a Theory Building Enterprise: Detours from the Early Masters
A review of sociologists' excuses for not developing laws or principles that are the equivalent to those in the natural sciences is undertaken. This review is placed in the context of the vision of sociology's early masters who believed that laws of social organization could be articulated. The failure of modern theorists to build on this vision over the last 50 years is highlighted by an examination of some of the basic principles of social orga…
Principles of Inter-Societal Dynamics
World-system dynamics are re-conceptualized as inter-societal systems with some de-emphasis on the notions of core, periphery, and semi-periphery. This tri-part division has been useful in forcing sociology to rethink macro-level sociological analysis and in establishing the importance of considering inter-societal systems as a fundamental unit of human social organization, but this Weberian-like ideal type is constraining theoretical analysis. M…
North Central Sociological Association 2008 Plenary Address: The Practice of Scientific Theorizing in Sociology and the Use of Scientific Theory in Sociological Practice
Sociological practice operates at the margins of sociology partly because theorists do not develop testable theories, while researchers rely heavily on methodologies that are not conducive to theory testing. Sociological theorizing engages in activities such as ideological critique, meta-theorizing, history of ideas, hero-worship of the classical theorists, and epistemological negativism that deflect attention away from developing general theorie…
An Approach to Evolutionary Sociology and its Implications for Theorizing on Socio-Cultural Evolution
A theoretical research program is outlined that seeks to use the Modern Synthesis in explaining human evolution, but also recognizes its limitations in explaining the evolution of socio-cultural systems. The universe, from a human perspective, is composed of physical, biological, and socio-cultural dimensions, each revealing unique properties and dynamics. In the case of the socio-cultural universe, modern evolutionary theory is relevant for some…
Micro‐Macro Links
Macrosociology addresses large‐scale phenomena such as institutional systems, whereas microsociology deals with smaller‐scale phenomena such as interpersonal behavior. Over the years, the theoretical agendas of macrosociology and microsociology have developed almost independently of one another. For some time, the issue of how to link these disparate levels of analysis – or how to close what is often termed the “micro‐macro gap” – has been debate…
Response to Commentary
Social Theory Today
Post-Modern Theory
An Inquiry as to the Birthplace of St Patrick
[The journal notes that this paper will be published in the Archaeologia Scotica.]
Approaches to the Study of Social Structure
Sociology as a Theory Building Enterprise: Detours from the Early Masters
A review of sociologists' excuses for not developing laws or principles that are the equivalent to those in the natural sciences is undertaken. This review is placed in the context of the vision of sociology's early masters who believed that laws of social organization could be articulated. The failure of modern theorists to build on this vision over the last 50 years is highlighted by an examination of some of the basic principles of social orga…
Sociologists in Spite of Themselves: Reviews of Texts and Resources
The Emergence of Sociological Theory
Toward a unified theory of ethnic antagonism: A preliminary synthesis of three macro models
Post-Modern Theory
Is 'Neofunctionalism' Really Functional
analysis. After all, he emphasized, each sociologist is concerned with the interpretation of phenomena in terms of their interconnections with societies as going concerns (Davis, 1959:760). Davis' view was in response to the early and mounting criticisms being leveled at functionalism, in general, and its Parsonian variant, in particular. More recently, Jeffrey Alexander (1985:7-8) has made an argument similar to Davis', although the old structur…
Towards Post-Empiricist Sociological Theorising
The misuse and use of metatheory
Durkheimian Sociology: Cultural Studies
Social Theory Today
Approaches to Social Theory
The First Human Society: Hunters and Gatherers
The Origins of Human Culture
The Social Cage: Human Nature and the Evolution of Society
Sociology: Concepts and Uses
Response to Commentary
Why Are Elegant Theories Under-Utilized by Sociologists
Product Review: After Parsons: A Theory of Social Action for the Twenty-First Century
Micro‐Macro Links
Macrosociology addresses large‐scale phenomena such as institutional systems, whereas microsociology deals with smaller‐scale phenomena such as interpersonal behavior. Over the years, the theoretical agendas of macrosociology and microsociology have developed almost independently of one another. For some time, the issue of how to link these disparate levels of analysis – or how to close what is often termed the “micro‐macro gap” – has been debate…
North Central Sociological Association 2008 Plenary Address: The Practice of Scientific Theorizing in Sociology and the Use of Scientific Theory in Sociological Practice
Sociological practice operates at the margins of sociology partly because theorists do not develop testable theories, while researchers rely heavily on methodologies that are not conducive to theory testing. Sociological theorizing engages in activities such as ideological critique, meta-theorizing, history of ideas, hero-worship of the classical theorists, and epistemological negativism that deflect attention away from developing general theorie…
Principles of Inter-Societal Dynamics
World-system dynamics are re-conceptualized as inter-societal systems with some de-emphasis on the notions of core, periphery, and semi-periphery. This tri-part division has been useful in forcing sociology to rethink macro-level sociological analysis and in establishing the importance of considering inter-societal systems as a fundamental unit of human social organization, but this Weberian-like ideal type is constraining theoretical analysis. M…
Micro–Macro Links
Microsociological and macrosociological theories address social phenomena at different levels or scales. Macrosociology addresses large‐scale phenomena such as institutions and stratification systems. Microsociology operates at smaller scales such as interpersonal resource exchanges and conversation analysis. For many decades macrosociology and microsociology have developed almost independently of one another. From time to time, the question of h…
Incest, Theoretical Perspectives on
Anthropology and sociology have long been fascinated with incest and the origin of the incest taboo. Incest refers to any illicit sexual act, whereas the incest taboo refers to a “thou shalt not” have sexual relations with offspring within the nuclear family, though in many traditional societies the taboo is extended to a broader kinship network. In the nineteenth century, theorizing about incest often began with the idea of a pre‐kinship “horde”…
Sociology (26 works) · Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice (14 works) · Epistemology (14 works) · Philosophy (12 works) · Philosophy (12 works) · Social science (11 works) · Political science (8 works) · Economics (6 works) · Psychology (6 works) · Computer Science (5 works)