Hermeneutic explication versus the explanation of social facts: A comparison of Durkheim's and Giddens' rules of sociological method
The paper reexamines methodological implications of ontological assumptions of positivistic and interpretative approach to social phenomena by comparing Durkheim's' and Giddens' rules of sociological method. The novelty is that the assumptions of the two approaches are interpreted not...
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Serbian Sociological Association, Belgrade
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| description | The paper reexamines methodological implications of ontological assumptions of positivistic and interpretative approach to social phenomena by comparing Durkheim's' and Giddens' rules of sociological method. The novelty is that the assumptions of the two approaches are interpreted not as overwriting each other, but as defining the conditions under which one or the other approach is better suited for any given analysis. The analysis finds that the method of interpretation is justified if the question is how actors generate social interactions, if the outcomes of actions are intended, and in cases when behavioral patterns are poorly institutionalized. Positivistic approach is merited when explaining social interaction by reference to its structural properties, if the outcomes of actions are unintended, and in cases when social relations are sufficiently reified. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f53af9ceca324776a1a2e5bd6eabb6822022-12-21T21:29:23ZengSerbian Sociological Association, BelgradeSociološki Pregled0085-63202560-48802018-01-015236756980085-63201803675DHermeneutic explication versus the explanation of social facts: A comparison of Durkheim's and Giddens' rules of sociological methodĐorić Gorana D.0University of Niš, Faculty of Philosophy, Department of Sociology, NišThe paper reexamines methodological implications of ontological assumptions of positivistic and interpretative approach to social phenomena by comparing Durkheim's' and Giddens' rules of sociological method. The novelty is that the assumptions of the two approaches are interpreted not as overwriting each other, but as defining the conditions under which one or the other approach is better suited for any given analysis. The analysis finds that the method of interpretation is justified if the question is how actors generate social interactions, if the outcomes of actions are intended, and in cases when behavioral patterns are poorly institutionalized. Positivistic approach is merited when explaining social interaction by reference to its structural properties, if the outcomes of actions are unintended, and in cases when social relations are sufficiently reified.https://scindeks-clanci.ceon.rs/data/pdf/0085-6320/2018/0085-63201803675D.pdfsociological methodpositivisminterpretativismstructureactor |
| spellingShingle | Đorić Gorana D. Hermeneutic explication versus the explanation of social facts: A comparison of Durkheim's and Giddens' rules of sociological method Sociološki Pregled sociological method positivism interpretativism structure actor |
| title | Hermeneutic explication versus the explanation of social facts: A comparison of Durkheim's and Giddens' rules of sociological method |
| title_full | Hermeneutic explication versus the explanation of social facts: A comparison of Durkheim's and Giddens' rules of sociological method |
| title_fullStr | Hermeneutic explication versus the explanation of social facts: A comparison of Durkheim's and Giddens' rules of sociological method |
| title_full_unstemmed | Hermeneutic explication versus the explanation of social facts: A comparison of Durkheim's and Giddens' rules of sociological method |
| title_short | Hermeneutic explication versus the explanation of social facts: A comparison of Durkheim's and Giddens' rules of sociological method |
| title_sort | hermeneutic explication versus the explanation of social facts a comparison of durkheim s and giddens rules of sociological method |
| topic | sociological method positivism interpretativism structure actor |
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