Towards a Dialogical Sociology

• Authors: Michał Kaczmarczyk
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Most sociological action theories and typologies were not able to establish interdependencies and sequences between different types of action. They also ignored the existential meaning of the choices the typologies implicitly involved. The imaginative dispositions and the ability to critically examine one’s own presuppositions are shown to constitute action as a future-oriented, self-expressing, and interpersonal phenomenon. Both dimensions may be found in the Socratic dialogical attitude but should not be taken as constituting a normative nor even a desirable type of action. The article identifies several limits of dialogue and its relationships with other types of action defined according to the same criteria.

Keywords

EN

sociological theory; theory of action; existentialism; dialogue; communication; interaction; pragmatism

• Publisher: Polskie Towarzystwo Socjologiczne
• Journal: Polish Sociological Review
• Year: 2016
• Volume: 193
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 3-18

Dates

published

2016-03-30

Contributors

author

Michał Kaczmarczyk

• University of Gdansk