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| Sociology: Sociology is the empirical study of society, focusing on behavior, institutions, and patterns. Social theory, on the other hand, provides conceptual frameworks to understand and analyze social phenomena, offering theoretical perspectives and explanations. See also Society, Social theory._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Vilfredo Pareto on Sociology - Dictionary of Arguments
Brocker I 97 Sociology/Pareto: Leading French sociology in the Romanic-speaking world since Auguste Comte at the beginning of the 20th century Brocker I 98 (Gabriel Tarde, Émile Durkheim, Ernest Renan) was too literary and essayistic for Pareto, but above all too moralizing to live up to his expectations trained in science. (ParetoVsDurkheim, ParetoVsRenan, ParetoVsTarde). >E. Durkheim. His research program included the study of human actions and the corresponding emotional states in order to recognize the social forms. (1) Brocker I 99 From his economical scientific works, which were influenced by the categories of theoretical mechanics and physicalism, Pareto adopted the terms "system" and "equilibrium" and transferred them to sociology as "social system" and "social equilibrium". Pareto's central sociological object of knowledge is society. The system concept emphasizes the interdependencies between the elements, while the equilibrium concept refers to the movements and forces of the respective social system (cf. Bach 2004, 63 ff.) (2). Brocker I 100 Pareto compared the actions of the social actors with the molecules in the mechanics of the solid and liquid bodies. At the same time, however, he assumed that the socially relevant actions were predominantly not rational. >Actions/Pareto. Pareto drew the limits of his field of research where the assessment of the purposes of action depends on value assumptions about which no scientifically sound statements are possible according to the logical-experimental method. 1. Vilfredo Pareto, Trattato di sociologia generale, Florenz 1916. Vilfredo Pareto, Trattato di sociologia generale. Edizione critica a cura di Giovanni Busino, 4 Bände, Turin 1988. Dt.: Vilfredo Paretos System der allgemeinen Soziologie, herausgegeben und übersetzt von Gottfried Eisermann, Stuttgart 1962, § 145. 2. Maurizio Bach, Jenseits des rationalen Handelns. Zur Soziologie Vilfredo Paretos, Wiesbaden 2004. Maurizio Bach, Vilfredo Pareto, Allgemeine Soziologie (1916) in: Manfred Brocker (Hg). Geschichte des Politischen Denkens. Das 20. Jahrhundert. Frankfurt/M. 2018._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Pareto, Vilfredo Brocker I Manfred Brocker Geschichte des politischen Denkens. Das 20. Jahrhundert Frankfurt/M. 2018 |
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Ed. Martin Schulz, access date 2024-04-18