Shmerlina, I.A. Sociology of social forms: theory reassembly: [monograph]

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The book is devoted to the reconstruction and conceptual development of formal sociology, a trend commonly associated in the history of sociology with G. Simmel and actually limited to him. It shows the paradoxical role of F. Tennys, considered to be the founder of the formal tradition, as well as the formal contributions of other authors and movements - G. D. Gurvich, N. Elias, H. Fryer, representatives of the actor-network theory of B. Latour and J. Lo. Latour and J. Lo, R. Bhaskar, M. Mamardashvili. The formal approach to the analysis of social phenomena, which emphasizes the moments of stability, structure and invariance, is understood against the background of the opposite, procedural trend, which asserts the fluidity, instability and permanent variability of social being. Having thoroughly scrutinised the groundwork of previous 'formal' thought the author offers his original conception of social form as a relational-semiotic phenomenon typologically represented in two basic varieties - ethological form and the form of a social institution. The work is based on a non-subjective methodology and an interdisciplinary approach to the analysis of social phenomena that takes into account the natural forms of sociality. In this respect, it continues the research initiated by the author in the monograph Biological Dimensions of Sociality. The work is aimed at social theorists working on issues of ontology and methodology of social cognition, in the field of institutional analysis, as well as those with a focused interest in the problematic of the transformed form. On the historical and sociological side, it will be useful to students of sociology, and on the conceptual side, it will be of interest to intellectuals reflecting on the structure of social being. Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version) The book is devoted to the reconstruction and conceptual development of formal sociology, a trend commonly associated in the history of sociology with G. Simmel and actually limited to him. It shows the paradoxical role of F. Tennys, considered to be the founder of the formal tradition, as well as the formal contributions of other authors and movements - G. D. Gurvich, N. Elias, H. Fryer, representatives of the actor-network theory of B. Latour and J. Lo. Latour and J. Lo, R. Bhaskar, M. Mamardashvili. The formal approach to the analysis of social phenomena, which emphasizes the moments of stability, structure and invariance, is understood against the background of the opposite, procedural trend, which asserts the fluidity, instability and permanent variability of social being. Having thoroughly scrutinised the groundwork of previous 'formal' thought the author offers his original conception of social form as a relational-semiotic phenomenon typologically represented in two basic varieties - ethological form and the form of a social institution. The work is based on a non-subjective methodology and an interdisciplinary approach to the analysis of social phenomena that takes into account the natural forms of sociality. In this respect, it continues the research initiated by the author in the monograph Biological Dimensions of Sociality. The work is aimed at social theorists working on issues of ontology and methodology of social cognition, in the field of institutional analysis, as well as those with a focused interest in the problematic of the transformed form. On the historical and sociological side, it will be useful to students of sociology, and on the conceptual side, it will be of interest to intellectuals reflecting on the structure of social being.Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)

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