Residuality and Inconsistency in the Interpretation of Socio-Theoretical Systems
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2363952 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Christoforos Bouzanis (0000-0003-2424-0124, Swansea University, Swansea, UK, corresponding author), Stephen Kemp (0000-0002-1689-0541, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 37 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 282-292 |
| Publication date | 2019-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Sociological Theory (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0735-2751 • E-ISSN: 1467-9558 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0735275119869973 |
| OpenAlex | W2939976892 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 30 |
This article addresses the interpretation and criticism of theoretical systems. Its particular focus is on how to assess the success of theories in dealing with some specific phenomenon. We are interested in how to differentiate between cases where a theory offers an unsatisfactory acknowledgment of a specified phenomenon and those where a theory offers a deeper, more systematic understanding. We address these metatheoretical issues by developing Parsons's analysis of positive and residual categories in various respects, including a focus on mutual support as the basis of positivity, differentiating synectic (reconcilable) and antinomic (irreconcilable) residual categories, and distinguishing divisions that are central to systems from those between center and periphery. We also consider how this conceptual toolkit can be put into practice
Criticism · Epistemology · Metatheory · Phenomenon · Political science · Sociology · Computer Science · Critical Realism in Sociology · Law · Philosophy · Philosophy and History of Science · Social and Cultural Dynamics
Truth and Interpretation
Structure of Social Action
Feminism/Postmodernism
Realist Social Theory
Conversations About Reflexivity
Structure, Agency and the Internal Conversation
Making our Way through the World
The Essential Tension
The Logic of Practice
Rethinking Social Criticism
Preface to a Metatheoretical Framework for Sociology
Talcott Parsons on Economy and Society
The Indian Middle Classes
Founding Sociology? Talcott Parsons and the Idea of General Theory
The Role of Theory in Social Research
The Prospects of Sociological Theory
The Position of Sociological Theory
Twenty-First Century Dis-Ease? Habitual Reflexivity Or the Reflexive Habitus
In Other Words
Sociological Metatheory
The reflexive habitus
Sociology and the Logic of Theoretical Research
Routine, Reflexivity, and Realism
Reconciling Archer and Bourdieu in an Emergentist Theory of Action
Thinking with Bourdieu against Bourdieu
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,43 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2022 (4) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |