Social Relativity
The Motion of Groups and Actors
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2276191 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Charles J Dudley (Virginia Tech), Ezra Brown (Virginia Tech) |
| Year | 1981 |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 313-326 |
| Publication date | 1981-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Sociological Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0038-0253 • E-ISSN: 1533-8525 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1533-8525.1981.tb00664.x |
| OpenAlex | W2128648439 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 14 |
The bulk of sociological theory is based on a notion of “state”: mechanical-organic solidarity, feudalism, capitalism, socialism, folk-urban, and so forth. We propose a theory that social systems consist of actors and groups in constant motion. Further, we propose that the duality of actor and society generate a system that can be understood by using the concepts of complementarity, indeterminacy and the principle of relativity. Such a system is defined and the issue of social change is addressed. Basically, change is defined as an alteration in the motion of actors relative to the motion of groups. As the number of groups increases relative to the number of actors, the velocity of actors increases and the velocity of groups decreases. The increasing disparity of these velocities indicates greater social change
Capitalism · Classical mechanics · Epistemology · Feudalism · Motion (physics) · Physics · Political science · Politics · Social change · Social movement · Sociology · Solidarity · Theory of relativity · Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation · Law · Philosophy · Political Economy and Marxism · Weber, Simmel, Sociological Theory
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Position, Role, and Status
The Division of Labor, Alienation, and Anomie
The Structure of Social Systems
Social Theory and Social Structure
The Two Sociologies
The Division of Labor
The Structure of Social Systems
The Relationship Between Theory and Research
Sociological Theory and the Relativistic Paradigm
| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,03 |
| Citation span | 1991 - 1991 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |