Agency, complexity, memory
A scholarship for western places
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12007520 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Thomas D Isern (North Dakota State University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 51 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 1-5 |
| Publication date | 2014-01-14 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Social Science Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0362-3319 • E-ISSN: 1873-5355 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.soscij.2013.12.009 |
| OpenAlex | W1964985450 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 16 |
Agency, complexity, and memory are core values for the scholarship, especially the historical scholarship, of western places in the 21st Century. The doctrine of agency derives from action theory in philosophy and individualism in sociology. Chaos theory and its companion, complexity, defy determinisms and lead scholars toward narrative explanations capable of dealing with organized complexity. Collective memory situates scholars in a western landscape and society where they are responsible for the stories they tell
Action (physics · Agency (philosophy · Doctrine · Epistemology · Individualism · Linguistics · Narrative · Political science · Scholarship · Social science · Sociology · Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice · Emile Durkheim and Sociology · Law · Philosophy · Social and Cultural Dynamics
The Land Scape of History
Complexity
A shared authority
The Rules of Sociological Method
Encyclopedia of the Great Plains
The Making of a History
The Contested Plains
Theory of Action
Revolt of the Provinces
A Place for Stories
Guns, Germs, and Steel
The Third Man; Or, Agency in History; Or, Rationality in Revolution
Structuralism versus Individualism
| Citations per year | 0.13 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2018 - 2018 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |