The Anthropological Paradox The Sociology of Knowledge as Perspective of the General Theory of Society by Radoslaw Sojak 9783631748213 3631748213

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• ISBN 10: 3631748213
• ISBN 13: 9783631748213
• Author: Radoslaw Sojak 

This book seeks to analyse the categorial structure of sociological theory. The analysis is based on three assumptions: first, sociological theory is in a state of structural crisis; second, one of the symptoms of the crisis is the existence of many theoretical dichotomies which hinder the unification of sociological knowledge; and third, sociology of knowledge may analyse the causes of sociological theory’s structural crisis. Drawing on Foucault’s work, the author defines the source of theoretical crisis as an anthropological paradox: the involvement of man in a dialectic of being created and defined by what is objective while, at the same time, transcending this condition into the subjective. This study argues that insights found in works by Luhmann, Latour, Collins, Shapin, and others provide a chance for a formulation of a theoretical language for sociology that escapes the anthropological paradox.

Table contents:

Chapter 1. Diagnosing sociological theory

Chapter 2. The lasting of sociological theory in the light of neo-Durkheimian sociology of knowledge

Chapter 3. General mechanics of systems according to Niklas Luhmann

Chapter 4. The Split Man – Concepts of Michel Foucault

Chapter 5. The anthropological paradox and philosophy

Chapter 6. The diversification of theory

Chapter 7. Unification in practice

Chapter 8. The way out of the anthropological paradox

Chapter 9. Main currents in the sociology of scientific knowledge

Chapter 10. Actor-network theory arrives at the general theory of society’s perspective and moves away from sociology

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