Sociological level: structuration theory & actor-network theory
9 important questions on Sociological level: structuration theory & actor-network theory
Why is the structuration theory of Giddens so important?
- (post-)positivism structuralism
- social constructivism/idealism
Which cool of thought of Gidden's is the most intuitive one?
What do scientists try to understand with (Post-)positivism/structuralism?
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How do technological determinists perceive the social reality that existst out of seperate entities that are influenced by one another?
What does the cool of thought Social constructivism/idealism focus on?
- it argues that social reality only exists through our perceptions.
- so it is not necessarily the case that we are able to define a social reality out here
existing of separate elements that influence one another.
- an idealist would say: it is our perception of what the relationships are determining the relationship. There’s nothing there really or at least we cannot know what is there we can only know what we perceive.
- you cannot easily talk about some entities that exists outside of our thoughts.
Why is it impossible to draw relationship between existing entities?
Where lays the heart of the argument of Structuration theory?
What happens if we lose our power of transformational capacity?
it is NOT the same as having intentions of doing things. This will be later discussed.
Agency is not situational but...
- Intrinsically you always have a capability of doing things, because this is what makes you
human –-> having agency.
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