Measuring identity change
Analysing fragments from the diary of Sándor Károlyi with social-network analysis
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12528769 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Tünde Cserpes (0000-0001-7997-8308, University of Illinois Chicago, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 729-748 |
| Publication date | 2012-10-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | European Review of History Revue européenne d histoire (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1350-7486 • E-ISSN: 1469-8293 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/13507486.2012.719006 |
| OpenAlex | W2001827679 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 19 |
The theoretical portion of the analysis presented in this article builds on identity theory (IT), which argues that identities are embedded in, and affected by social-network contexts. It aims to map and measure the alteration of the social network of Sándor Károlyi, an eighteenth-century Hungarian aristocrat, so as to make the identity change intelligible. Since the absence of wars during the period examined provides a social space where social relations are ‘standing still’, a detailed scrutiny of the social ties of the aristocrat is feasible based on his daily diary entries between 1725 and 1734. First, I will elaborate on how the newly gained rank and prestige contributed to the aristocrat's emerging credit-worthiness and subsequently led to successful property acquisitions. Then, building on the fragmentation hypothesis, I will discuss how the spatially fragmented social networks of Hungarian nobles are in connection with a new type of emergence in social positions at this period that was initiated by the centralising neo-absolutist endeavour of the Empire. Finally, I will generalise about the consequences of this ‘exceptional normal’ case on the macro level
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| Citations per year | 0.17 |
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| Citation span | 2020 - 2020 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |