> > [Arlo] > Once again, your problem arises from the assumption that "society" > and the "individual" are either unrelated or uni-directional. Society > and the individual, as articulated nicely in the article on > Structuration that Ron circulated, exist dialectially, mutually > generative and bi-directional. To the extent that man appropriates > cultural values and norms, adopts a vision guided by the language, > history, and metaphors of her/his community, man's relationship with > society is "structurated". To the extent that man is able to act with > will and change his surroundings, man's relationship with soceity is > one of agency. But ultimately, both of these are forever intertwined.
DM: I think most of the sociology profession would be with Arlo on this. Certainly Roy Bhaskar and Margaret Archer and Tony Giddens. Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
