Sandra, At 12:32 AM 9/27/03 -0800, you wrote: >>>With this conclusion in mind; In your opinion please describe a scenario that >>>would require society to become pro-active vs. reactive ?<<
I think that Bhaskar would say that both require "restructuration." The term "structuration" was coined by sociologist Anthony Giddens. His idea is that each generation can entirely create new social structures (sets of rules governing human social behavior). Structuration theory and critical realism are nearly identical, but, on one point, Bhaskar disagrees with Giddens and correctly accuses him of being ahistorical, i.e., neglecting the fact that structuration always takes place in the context of existing, historical social structures. Therefore, Bhaskar refers to his critical realism as restructuration theory. From that standpoint, it doesn't matter whether a particular social action is proactive or reactive. Even proactive behavior takes place in a historical context. Mark A. Foster * http://MarkFoster.net http://CompuServe.m.foster.name ---------- You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Baha'i Studies is available through the following: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://list.jccc.net/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=bahai-st news://list.jccc.net/bahai-st http://www.escribe.com/religion/bahaist (public) http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] (public)
