Teoria sociologica

Capitalismo e teoria sociologica

Per i classici, capitalismo e modernità erano tutt’uno. Si può anzi dire che la sociologia origini proprio quale analisi critica dei processi e degli effetti del capitalismo. Per i fondatori della disciplina, definire l’apparato teoricoepistemologico della sociologia e analizzare criticamente le origini, gli sviluppi e le conseguenze della modernità capitalistica rappresentavano, quindi, due facce di una stessa “missione”.

Una certa idea dell'azione sociale: Leggere insieme Merton e Bourdieu

This article intends to juxtapose (in an unprecedented way) the Robert K. Merton sociological approach to that of Pierre Bourdieu, within a systematics framework, and with the aim of overcoming canonic oppositions. The analysis is not proposed as schematically comprehensive: a detailed reconsideration of each consonance between Merton and Bourdieu will not be provided, nor are all the inevitable differences which run between the two authors examined.

Sustainability and the Crisis of the Theoretical Functional Model

For some time, the prevailing paradigm in sociology was functionalism—particularly that originating in North America—and was considered an acceptable “sociological theory.” Talcott Parsons’s perspective originated from a mechanistic construction of social systems, using the AGIL model. Its four-part ideal type of organizational functioning served the purpose of optimizing the performance of social units in terms of efficiency. It was considered effectual to assume the existence of a regulating principle as a common and undisputed model that governs society.

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