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Realist Social Theory: The Morphogenetic Approach

By Margaret S. Archer

Book information

Year
1995
ISBN
9780521481762, 9780511557675, 0521484421, 0521481767, 0511557671, 9780521484428
LCC
HM24 .A722 1995
Open Library ID
OL1118917M
Language
english
Format
DJVU
Filesize
2 MB (1843518 bytes)
Pages
366\366
Topic
Biology Genetics
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

Margaret Archer develops here her morphogenetic approach, heralded in Culture and Agency (CUP, 1988), and applies it to the problem of structure and agency, that is, how we both shape society and are shaped by it. Her aim is to capture the interplay between these two processes rather than collapse them into one, as has been the case with the traditional competing individualist and collectivist methodologies. The morphogenetic approach offers a new understanding of social change and poses a direct challenge to Giddens' structuration theory.

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