Jean-Sébastien Guy
Biographic Data
| ID | 3787329 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jean-Sébastien Guy |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jean-Sébastien |
| FAMILY NAME | Guy |
| SIGNATURE | GUY J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Dalhousie University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Spencer-Brown, Luhmann and Klein on Symmetry
This article discusses the concept of symmetry as Felix Klein developed it in his works on geometry as a measure of invariance. The objective is to generalize from Klein’s model and principles to be able to apply the concept of symmetry to the study of social structures or social formations in sociology. To achieve this goal, the article goes on to consider how the concept of symmetry bears on the Laws of Form of George Spencer-Brown and on Nikla…
What makes a difference? Symmetry as a sociological concept
Are relational processes teleological or self-referential? What relational sociology can learn from systems theory
This paper aims at expanding on François Dépelteau's conception of social relation as dynamic processes. I argue that the basic concept of process is in need of further developments. We tend to understand processes as teleological, but I contend that self-referential processes are a more interesting model for relational sociology. Using Niklas Luhmann's theory, we can conceive self-referential processes as systems that self-organise by transformi…
Baehr, Peter, Unmasking Style in Social Theory
Book Review
Durkheim meets Cthulhu: The impure sacred in H. P. Lovecraft
American writer Howard Phillips Lovecraft (1890–1937) is in vogue more than ever before. His creation – the Cthulhu mythos – is widely referenced across popular culture today. We can rightly speak of this as Lovecraft-mania, which is all the more unexpected considering Lovecraft’s personal details: he never achieved job stability in his life, let alone fame, while he was convinced that humanity had no value when seen in relation with the whole un…
Theory Beyond Structure and Agency: Introducing the Metric/Nonmetric Distinction
Luhmann, Niklas, Trust and Power
Is Niklas Luhmann a Relational Sociologist
Bourdieu in hyperspace: From Social Topology to the Space of Flows
This article focuses on Bourdieu’s topological conception of social space to expand on it and develop an alternative model. Bourdieu describes social space as topological because it consists of a set of relative positions. Individuals in similar positions can come together to form social groups, so that differences between groups reveal or at least reflect the different positions in space. For this reason, it is convenient to think of social spac…
Beyond global modernity, global consciousness and global governmentality: The symmetrical anthropology of globalization
The article combines the research strategies developed by Bruno Latour and Niklas Luhmann to problematize how we interpret the world when discussing globalization. Two previous approaches - global modernity and global consciousness - interpret the world as completely objective (nature transcends culture). Another approach - global governmentality - interprets the world as completely subjective (culture transcends nature). Against these approaches…
François Dépelteaux and Christopher Powell, Applying Relational Sociology: Relations, Networks, and Society
Andrea McDonnell, Reading Celebrity Gossip Magazines
Niklas Luhmann, Introduction to Systems Theory
Why does society describe itself as global? Re-examining the relation between globalization and the states from a second-order perspective
The article uses the second-order perspective developed by Niklas Luhmann to re-examine the relation between globalization and sovereign states. From a second-order perspective, globalization is redefined as a self-description of society supported by the practice of comparing sovereign states with other sovereign states for the purpose of determining what is global at the present moment in time. The article develops a genealogy in order to accoun…
Luc Boltanski, On Critique: A Sociology of Emancipation
Beyond global modernity, global consciousness and global governmentality: The symmetrical anthropology of globalization
The article combines the research strategies developed by Bruno Latour and Niklas Luhmann to problematize how we interpret the world when discussing globalization. Two previous approaches - global modernity and global consciousness - interpret the world as completely objective (nature transcends culture). Another approach - global governmentality - interprets the world as completely subjective (culture transcends nature). Against these approaches…
What makes a difference? Symmetry as a sociological concept
Why does society describe itself as global? Re-examining the relation between globalization and the states from a second-order perspective
The article uses the second-order perspective developed by Niklas Luhmann to re-examine the relation between globalization and sovereign states. From a second-order perspective, globalization is redefined as a self-description of society supported by the practice of comparing sovereign states with other sovereign states for the purpose of determining what is global at the present moment in time. The article develops a genealogy in order to accoun…
Luc Boltanski, On Critique: A Sociology of Emancipation
Niklas Luhmann, Introduction to Systems Theory
Why does society describe itself as global? Re-examining the relation between globalization and the states from a second-order perspective
The article uses the second-order perspective developed by Niklas Luhmann to re-examine the relation between globalization and sovereign states. From a second-order perspective, globalization is redefined as a self-description of society supported by the practice of comparing sovereign states with other sovereign states for the purpose of determining what is global at the present moment in time. The article develops a genealogy in order to accoun…
François Dépelteaux and Christopher Powell, Applying Relational Sociology: Relations, Networks, and Society
Andrea McDonnell, Reading Celebrity Gossip Magazines
Beyond global modernity, global consciousness and global governmentality: The symmetrical anthropology of globalization
The article combines the research strategies developed by Bruno Latour and Niklas Luhmann to problematize how we interpret the world when discussing globalization. Two previous approaches - global modernity and global consciousness - interpret the world as completely objective (nature transcends culture). Another approach - global governmentality - interprets the world as completely subjective (culture transcends nature). Against these approaches…
Is Niklas Luhmann a Relational Sociologist
Bourdieu in hyperspace: From Social Topology to the Space of Flows
This article focuses on Bourdieu’s topological conception of social space to expand on it and develop an alternative model. Bourdieu describes social space as topological because it consists of a set of relative positions. Individuals in similar positions can come together to form social groups, so that differences between groups reveal or at least reflect the different positions in space. For this reason, it is convenient to think of social spac…
Theory Beyond Structure and Agency: Introducing the Metric/Nonmetric Distinction
Luhmann, Niklas, Trust and Power
Baehr, Peter, Unmasking Style in Social Theory
Book Review
Durkheim meets Cthulhu: The impure sacred in H. P. Lovecraft
American writer Howard Phillips Lovecraft (1890–1937) is in vogue more than ever before. His creation – the Cthulhu mythos – is widely referenced across popular culture today. We can rightly speak of this as Lovecraft-mania, which is all the more unexpected considering Lovecraft’s personal details: he never achieved job stability in his life, let alone fame, while he was convinced that humanity had no value when seen in relation with the whole un…
Are relational processes teleological or self-referential? What relational sociology can learn from systems theory
This paper aims at expanding on François Dépelteau's conception of social relation as dynamic processes. I argue that the basic concept of process is in need of further developments. We tend to understand processes as teleological, but I contend that self-referential processes are a more interesting model for relational sociology. Using Niklas Luhmann's theory, we can conceive self-referential processes as systems that self-organise by transformi…
Spencer-Brown, Luhmann and Klein on Symmetry
This article discusses the concept of symmetry as Felix Klein developed it in his works on geometry as a measure of invariance. The objective is to generalize from Klein’s model and principles to be able to apply the concept of symmetry to the study of social structures or social formations in sociology. To achieve this goal, the article goes on to consider how the concept of symmetry bears on the Laws of Form of George Spencer-Brown and on Nikla…
What makes a difference? Symmetry as a sociological concept
Sociology (15 works) · Epistemology (12 works) · Philosophy (12 works) · Computer Science (6 works) · Law (6 works) · Mathematics (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · Critical Realism in Sociology (5 works) · Philosophy (5 works) · Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice (4 works)