Relational Versus Relationist Sociology: A New Paradigm in the Social Sciences

• Authors: Donati Pierpaolo
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The paper presents a general outline of the author’s relational sociology,showing it to be different from other relational sociologies, which are,in fact, figurational, transactional, or purely communicative. Relational sociologyis conceived as a way of observing and thinking that starts from the assumption that the problems of society are generated by social relationsand aims to understand, and if possible, solve them, not purely on the basisof individual or voluntary actions, nor conversely, purely through collectiveor structural ones, but via new configurations of social relations. Thesocial is relational in essence. Social facts can be understood and explained by assuming that “in the beginning (of any social fact there) is the relation.”Ultimately, this approach points to the possibility of highlighting thoserelational processes that can better realize the humanity of social agentsand give them, as relational subjects, the opportunity to achieve a goodlife in a society that is becoming increasingly complex as the processes of globalization proceed.

Keywords

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relational sociology; relationist sociology; relational subject; social morphogenesis; human person

• Publisher: Instytut Socjologii UW
• Journal: Stan Rzeczy
• Year: 2017
• Issue: 1(12) The Relational Turn in Sociology: Implications for the Study of Society, Culture, and Persons
• Pages: 15-66

Contributors

author

Donati Pierpaolo

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