Terry C Johnson

Biographic Data

ID6472486
NAMETerry C Johnson
GIVEN NAMESTerry C
FAMILY NAMEJohnson
SIGNATUREJOHNSON T C
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS5
TOTAL CITATIONS0
AUTHOR COUNT5
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1984
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR1996
H-INDEX0

  • Foucault's New Domains

    Open AccessMariana Valverde, Mike Gane et al.ARTICLEThe Canadian Journal of Sociology1996

  • Subjectivism

    Open AccessTerry Johnson, Terry C Johnson et al.CHAPTERThe Structure of Social Theory1984

    This chapter examines subjectivism as a strategy in social theory. However, subjectivism should be viewed in terms of a dialogue with the competing strategies, discussed in other chapters. This is because a number of strategic tensions arise out of subjectivism’s resolution of the problems of the nature of social reality and the way we acquire knowledge about it, which force it to confront these other strategies of theorising. The strategy of sub…

  • Empiricism

    Open AccessTerry Johnson, Terry C Johnson et al.CHAPTERThe Structure of Social Theory1984

    As with other sociological perspectives considered in this book, the analysis of empiricism takes as a central theme the problem, ‘What is social structure?’ We have already indicated that this theme can be broken down into two interrelated questions: what is the nature of social reality?; and, how can we know it?

  • Rationalism

    Open AccessTerry Johnson, Terry C Johnson et al.CHAPTERThe Structure of Social Theory1984

    In this chapter we will pursue further our analysis of the four theoretical strategies identified in Chapter 1, through a detailed consideration of the work of Emile Durkheim, who, we will argue, is the major representative of the rationalist tradition in sociology. The content of this chapter is very much affected by the fact that existing sociological texts mistakenly present Durkheim as a founding father of modern positivistic sociology. 1 Bec…

  • Substantialism

    Open AccessTerry Johnson, Terry C Johnson et al.CHAPTERThe Structure of Social Theory1984

    Unlike the strategies identified in the two preceding chapters, substantialism is, in the social sciences, inextricably linked with one name: that of Marx. While it would be mistaken to assume that Marx is alone in adopting such a strategy or that Marxism, in all its various forms, is always predominantly substantialist, it suits the purpose in this chapter to confine the discussion to Marx and Marxists. First, however, we must briefly indicate t…