Theory Beyond Structure and Agency Introducing the Metric/Nonmetric Distinction /

• Main Author: Guy, Jean-Sébastien (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Palgrave Studies in Relational Sociology
• Subjects: Sociology.; Social sciences-Philosophy.; Historical sociology.; Ontology.; Sociological Theory.; Social Theory.; Historical Sociology.

"In this insightful and highly readable book, Jean-Sébastien Guy takes us on an intellectual tour de force that makes us see the social world in a different light. A fresh perspective and an essential contribution to the current discussions of social systems and relational sociology." -Ja...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction
• 2. Structure and Agency: Problem and Solution
• 3. DeLanda and the Metric/Nonmetric Distinction
• 4. Metric and Nonmetric in Weber and Durkheim
• 5. Forms and Medium in Luhmann's Systems Theory
• 6. Bourdieu, Giddens and Foucault Through the Metric/Nonmetric Distinction
• 7. Applying the Metric/Nonmetric Distinction
• 8. General Conclusion.