In contemporary sociology, the “dualism” or, in other words “a contrast”
is regarded a serious issue between “functionalism” which views that every
element forming the society has a specific function and each of them has a
mutual function on one another, and “action theory” which gives an active role
to individual. Sociological theories which are divided as “functionalism” and “action
theory” have brought about other dualities such as “structure” vs. “actor”, “subjectivism”
vs. “objectivism, “methodological holism” vs. “methodological individualism”.
In modern sociology, research on overcoming the dichotomy
of classical sociology in new theoretical
approaches stand out in contemporary
sociology. For this reason, in this article I will analyze Pierre
Bourdieu (1930-2002), Jürgen Habermas (1929-) and Anthony Giddens (1938-) with
their new approaches which aim to overcome the duality between functionalism and action theory and consequently James
S. Coleman’s “rational choice theory”.
Furthermore I will discuss the assumptions of
modern sociologists that the fundamental paradigms of the classical sociology
is not enough for analysing the complex structure of modern society and hence
the social process on “micro-macro” levels must be refocused on the modern
concepts and theories of actor vs. structure.
Bölüm | Makaleler |
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Yazarlar | |
Yayımlanma Tarihi | 5 Haziran 2015 |
Gönderilme Tarihi | 28 Aralık 2016 |
Yayımlandığı Sayı | Yıl 2015 |