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- society
- simply a rigid, fixed structure that limits what individuals do. * //But here's the tricky part...// One of t... es to the social whole. In the building metaphor, individuals live inside the building. It might limit how they... at the social system from the perspective of the individuals in it. But that's not the whole story. We also ha... chine as a functional whole, then we can see what individuals really do for society. They are its fuel. (Or, in
- anthony_giddens
- tend to describe social change as a liberation of individuals from groups, traditions, religion and the power o... lexity creates more choices and opportunities for individuals. Modern societies place greater importance on the... own, of society. As society becomes more complex, individuals do gain more choices as rules and traditions became looser, but individuals, faced with uncertainty, come to trust new instit
- religion_and_economy
- It is through contact with the sacred, then, that individuals submit themselves to a collective order, and thus... ple functions simultaneously, and generally bound individuals to the collective. Actions thus expressed religio... ial forms embodied different kinds of meaning for individuals who participated in them. In Weber's sociology, r... behavior as a rational means-ends calculation of individuals. In contrast to this kind of rationality, Weber f
- emile_durkheim
- consciousness. Social facts impose themselves on individuals of a society, constraining them and shaping how t... ther way, like the thoughts of a collective mind. Individuals do not merely join or participate in a social sys... ive consciousness influences each individual, and individuals experience this collective consciousness as if it... her kinds of acts are treated as disputes between individuals and do not involve the society as a whole. As suc
- 13 @2700:2022
- at is, the capacity to act. Actual people act as individuals, but the effect of these actions depends on the r... nly recognized because the groups are seen as big individuals * Actions of a corporation, a nation-state, or... ions can own property and accumulate wealth, like individuals. The role of social networks in creating this wea... always relational, then many more things besides individuals can be agents. They act as agents because they ha
- 1 @2700:2025
- > [Ironically, uniting as a group to restrain individuals] was, or must have been, the origin of society an... seau assumes that people are rational, autonomous individuals in the state of nature. He concludes that, becau... == Durkheim says that subjects are not autonomous individuals. We are all homo duplex. ===== The default assum... [1914] 2005, 36). * We experience the world as individuals, but there is another kind of subjectivity we hav
- 8 @2700:2025
- hy, prosperous, and happy. It does not operate on individuals, and it does not directly control or coerce people as individuals. A government deals in statistics, that is, esti... ildren. * Schools pervasively rank children as individuals and groups. * This is not a plot against chil
- 6 @2700:2021
- ocieties. * To the claim that all people act as individuals who seek to rationally maximize the utility of th... he synchronic, holist //logos// is the claim that individuals have agency.) ===== Old and new ===== Things ch... nherited from the past; new things are created by individuals who want to create them. * This is a bias refle
- 2 @2700:2022
- look its place in a whole system, rather than how individuals relate to one part of society as a rule or as an ... s that fit together and depend on each other. The individuals are the food and fuel of the social organism. A society is like an anteater, and individuals are the ants. ===== The linguistic analogy =====
- 10 @2700:2022
- hy, prosperous, and happy. It does not operate on individuals, and it does not directly control or coerce people as individuals. A government deals in statistics, that is, esti... ildren. * Schools pervasively rank children as individuals and groups. * This is not a plot against chil
- the_charisma_of_the_coronavirus
- g people always do what is best for themselves as individuals. Weber says that the most significant kind of rat... s peaked, we now move to a new framework in which individuals are responsible for managing their own personal r... bureaucratic management of the pandemic only sees individuals, it needs to see communities. In this community,
- 11 @2700:2025
- other people is to act on other people, either as individuals, as groups, or as larger-scale systems. * Let... 88, 13) ===== “Melanesians” are “dividuals” and “individuals”?? ===== ==== Everybody’s talking about personho... f Human Issues. Reed, Adam. 1999. “Anticipating Individuals: Modes of Vision and Their Social Consequence in
- themes @6916:2018
- re he is in chains. * Society is a totality. Individuals just work here. * Social facts, what are they... think of the theories of systems of goods, where individuals transact in order to increase marginal utility. Marx rejects the material study of how individuals meet needs, associating this purely self-interest
- 8 @6916:2024
- ildren. * Schools pervasively rank children as individuals and groups. * This is not a plot against chil... hy, prosperous, and happy. It does not operate on individuals, and it does not directly control or coerce people as individuals. A government deals in statistics, that is, esti
- 10 @2700:2025
- hic, uniform** block. They are a diverse group of individuals. * **Don’t** **lump** some societies together u... and each individual is **essentially like** other individuals: agency, rationality, strategic thinking, choice,