Time, Space and Regionalisation

Bibliographic Data

ID20077531
AuthorsAnthony Giddens (corresponding author)
Year1985
Pages265-295
Publication date1985-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeCHAPTER
VenueSocial relations and spatial structures (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherMacmillan Education UK (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1007/978-1-349-27935-7_12
OpenAlexW2495158787
ISBN9781349279357
LanguageEN
Citations received115

Most social analysts treat time and space as mere environments of action, and accept unthinkingly the conception of time, as mensurable clock time, characteristic of modern Western culture. With the exception of the recent works of geographers — of which more in a moment — social scientists have failed to construct their thinking around the modes in which social systems are constituted across time-space. I want to argue that investigation of this issue is one main task of what I call the theory of structuration; it is not a specific type or ‘area’ of social science, which can be pursued or discarded at will. It is at the heart of social theory, and should hence also be regarded as of very considerable importance for the conduct of empirical research in the social sciences

Epistemology · Political science · Regionalisation · Social science · Social theory · Sociology · Computer Science · Law · Philosophy · Political and Social Issues

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