Identity and Control: A Structural Theory of Social Action. By Harrison C. White. Princeton University Press, 1992. Cloth, $60.00; paper, $24.95

Social Forces ◽  
1994 ◽  
Vol 72 (3) ◽  
pp. 895-901
Author(s):  
A. Abbott
Keyword(s):  
Social Action ◽  
Structural Theory ◽  
Princeton University ◽  
And Control ◽  
Theory Of Social Action

Identity and Control: A Structural Theory of Social Action.

1993 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 314 ◽  
Author(s):  
Craig Calhoun ◽  
Harrison C. White
Keyword(s):  
Social Action ◽  
Structural Theory ◽  
And Control ◽  
Theory Of Social Action

Identity and Control: A Structural Theory of Social Action.

1993 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 311 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raymond Boudon ◽  
Harrison C. White
Keyword(s):  
Social Action ◽  
Structural Theory ◽  
And Control ◽  
Theory Of Social Action

Identity and Control: A Structural Theory of Social Action

1994 ◽  
Vol 45 (4) ◽  
pp. 711
Author(s):  
John Scott ◽  
Harrison C. White
Keyword(s):  
Social Action ◽  
Structural Theory ◽  
And Control ◽  
Theory Of Social Action

Identity and Control: A Structural Theory of Social Action.

Social Forces ◽  
1994 ◽  
Vol 72 (3) ◽  
pp. 895
Author(s):  
Andrew Abbott ◽  
Harrison C. White
Keyword(s):  
Social Action ◽  
Structural Theory ◽  
And Control ◽  
Theory Of Social Action

Review of A Theory of Social Action.

1987 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 85-85
Author(s):  
No authorship indicated
Keyword(s):  
Social Action ◽  
Theory Of Social Action

The Return of the Repressed: A Theory of Social Action

1987 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 43-44 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Hogan
Keyword(s):  
Social Action ◽  
Theory Of Social Action

Action without Intention: Some Remarks of Analytical Philosophy Applied to the Theory of Social Action

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (4-1) ◽  
pp. 28-41
Author(s):  
Aleksander Sanzhenakov ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Social Action ◽  
Theory Of Action ◽  
Analytical Philosophy ◽  
Social Characteristic ◽  
External Context ◽  
Obvious Consequence ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Basic Concepts ◽  
Theory Of Social Action ◽  
Organically Combine

The article is devoted to the consideration of the theory of social action in the context of criticism of the theory of action by analytical philosophy. Firstly, the article describes the basic concepts of social action by M. Weber, E. Durkheim, and T. Parsons. Despite some disagreements between these sociologists, they agree that social action is purposeful and intentional, as well as focused on other people, due to which it receives a social characteristic. Then the author turns to analytical philosophy, in which the concept of "intention" was subjected to skeptical analysis. For example, in the philosophy of late Wittgenstein, action receives its meaning not from the intentions of the actor, but from the context of its implementation, just as words get their meaning from the conditions in which they are used. His ideas were developed by E. Anscombe, who rejected introspection as a method of comprehending the intentions of the subject of action. An obvious consequence of the refusal of psychologizing intent was an appeal to the context of the action being performed and to its social conditions as well. Having considered examples of the application of the theories of social action, the author concludes that sociologists in most of their studies use the model of a rational subject of action, the distinguishing feature of which is awareness of one’s own intentions and goals. Although some researchers have attempted to make this model weaker in order to approximate it to real participants of social interaction, these changes did not affect the awareness of the subject of action of his own goals and intentions. Therefore, the author of the article concludes that one of the urgent tasks of sociology is to develop a new model of the subject of action, which will organically combine the subject’s orientation to the external context and limited awareness of the grounds for his own actions.

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HUMANIKA ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 47
Author(s):  
Sindung Tjahyadi
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Social Action ◽  
Objective Theory ◽  
The Social ◽  
History Of ◽  
Pluralistic Approach ◽  
Main Thing ◽  
Theoretical Paradigms ◽  
Two Sides ◽  
Theory Of Social Action

This article discusses about a paradigm shift in the social sciences based on "the history of science" perspective. The key question is how the recent development of the discourse about the paradigms of the social sciences. The paradigmatic and methodological development forward directed through a post-empirical approach to the exclusion of desire unification cause or structure as the objective theory of social action, and develop a multi-theoretical paradigms on the basis of variations in the structure that can be applied to the various regions and types of action. Furthermore, elaborated further needed is to develop methodological pluralism and theoretical unification in the social sciences are expected to confirm the two sides of the comprehensive-pluralistic approach in the philosophy of social sciences. The main thing about the legitimacy of the methodology underlying the study is to examine the criteria on what should have knowledge of it. Finally, that the dimensions of "ontological" social science should be "liberated" from the illusion of objectivism

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