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What this book knows
Sociological theory is a contested field where competing frameworks—systems, networks, rational choice, structuralism—illuminate how social order is built and challenged.
self-and-identity
constitutive dimensions of self-definition, or identity, compared to the actual perception of oneself and to an ideal identity, have been precisely stated
VLA-FA796C9C-RC-580it studies the activity and conduct of an individual based on the organized conduct of the group to which it belongs
VLA-FA796C9C-RC-562obedience-and-authority
Money is placed at the highest generality level, followed by power – especially political power – influence and, finally, commitment to the enforcement of cultural values
VLA-FA796C9C-RC-434it can explain in terms of costs and benefits, interests and available resources, power legitimacy and uneven distribution, many interactions occurring in everyday life
VLA-FA796C9C-RC-476mind-and-cognition
Social sciences have an interpretative – or hermeneutic – nature because they are responsible for rationally reconstructing and critically appraising the validity claims laid throughout a communicative process
VLA-FA796C9C-RC-258the actors' sharing of other people's interpretative frames, which is usually taken for granted in everyday life, is taken for granted by Weber, too
VLA-FA796C9C-RC-489Illuminates
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