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Luhmann's General Sociology [PDF]

Acta Sociologica, 2000
The article deals with Niklas Luhmann's treatise Die Gesellschaft der Gesellschaft, exposing it to a critique in terms of Luhmann's own criterion: plausibility. It is argued that both Parsons' general sociology and Marxism render more plausible accounts of modern society than does Luhmann's theory of autopoietic systems.
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Sociology of generation’s social structure

Sociology: Theory, Methods, Marketing, 2021
In sociology, the concept of “generation” is usually applied to a wide variety of social categories. This is a cohort of peers, and a cohort of several years of birth — as in studies of social mobility, as well as a community of those who share acceptable values, simultaneously experienced significant events, is a bearer of similar experiences and ...
Natalia Kovalisko, Serhii Makeiev
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Generation as a Sociological Problem [PDF]

Annual Review of Sociology, 1983
For many millenia, in cultures around the world, the concept of generation has prospered. Its privileged place in Western societies is reflected in its codification in the Bible, while the most disparate societies of Africa, Asia and Australia have incorporated the generational concept in their notions of the social order.
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The three generations of the French sociology of art

American Journal of Cultural Sociology, 2021
This paper introduces the French sociology of art to English-speaking scholars. Its story begins with a shift from the humanities to social sciences through the use of empirical methods, and a change in focus from artworks to the social conditions of their production, mediation, and reception.
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First-Generation Sociology Majors

Contexts, 2016
First-generation immigrants studying as sociology majors see excellent employment outcomes.
Mary S Senter, Roberta Spalter-Roth
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Sociology and the Goal of Generalization

Contemporary Sociology, 1998
The purpose of this essay is to underscore the importance of two related insights that lie at the foundation of sociology and account for its unique contribution to the study of human behavior. The first is that social behavior is constrained by the context in which it occurs.
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Divisions of General Sociology

American Sociological Review, 1957
ion-and, on the other hand, the attempt to isolate key variables of social reality within the situation that may be universal in their application. This is essentially the distinction between science in the naturalhistory sense and science in the hypotheticodeductive sense.4 An application of this distinction to the analysis of anthropological ...
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Three Generations of Comparative Sociologies

European Journal of Sociology, 2010
AbstractSurveying three generations of comparative sociologists, separated by abrupt discontinuities, the study reaches the conclusion that the original promise of comparative sociology set in motion a century ago remains largely unfulfilled. It will then be argued that the work of the third generation of comparative sociologists on civilizational ...
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