Structure, Agency and the Internal Conversation

Name: Structure, Agency and the Internal Conversation
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ISBN: 9780521535977

ISBN-10: 0521535972

ISBN-13: 9780521535977

Edition: 2003

Authors: Margaret Scotford Archer

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A central question of social theory is: How do society's objective features influence its members to reproduce or transform society through their actions? This volume examines how objective social conditioning is mediated by the subjective reflexivity of individuals. On the basis of a series of in-depth interviews, Margaret Archer identifies the mediatory mechanism as "internal conversations" that are expressed in forms governing agents' responses to social conditioning, their individual patterns of social mobility, and whether or not they contribute to social stability or change.

Book details

List price: $58.99
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 8/28/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 384
Size: 6.06" wide x 8.98" long x 1.02" tall
Weight: 1.342
Language: English



Introduction: how does structure influence agencyi<$$$>



Solitude and Society



The private life of the social subject



From introspection to internal conversation: an unfinished journey in three stages



Reclaiming the internal conversation



The process of mediation between structure and agency



Modes of Reflexivity and Stances Towards Society



Communicative reflexives



Autonomous reflexives



Meta-reflexives



Fractured reflexives


Conclusion: personal powers and social powers