Human Nature and the Dialectics of Immanent Sociocultural Change
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2553203 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jay Meddin (Southern Illinois University Carbondale, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1976 |
| Volume | 55 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 382 |
| Publication date | 1976-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social Forces (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0037-7732 • E-ISSN: 1534-7605 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2576229 |
| OpenAlex | W4250800312 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
This paper offers a dialectical alternative to theories of immanent sociocultural change based on assumptions of open-ended growth and development. One major, but frequently overlooked, source of immanent change may be ultimately traced to the universal tendency for opposition between the individual and the social order. Although the locus for this struggle is largely intra-psychic, its implications go far beyond the single individual. The theme of chronic tension between the individual and society is traced through the works of Durkheim, Freud, and Simmel, and its implications for change are demonstrated by applying it to selected works of Weber, Sorokin, and O'Dea
Dialectic · Epistemology · Opposition (politics · Political science · Psychic · Psychoanalysis · Social change · Sociocultural evolution · Sociology · Anthropology · Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice · Emile Durkheim and Sociology · Law · Philosophy · Psychology · Religion and Society Interactions · Weber, Simmel, Sociological Theory
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,05 |
| Citation span | 1983 - 1985 (3) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |