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Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour, 2013
ABSTRACT
The Sociological Review, 2009
The social sciences have been faced with a series of challenges to their relevance since the begi... more The social sciences have been faced with a series of challenges to their relevance since the beginning of the 21st century. In particular, the growing urgency of environmental crises and the remarkable increase in knowledge of genomics have raised questions about sociology's ability to analyse the contemporary world and, especially, its ability to understand the relationship between the natural world and human societies. The argument of this volume is that sociology has a significant contribution to make to this understanding and that it is imperative that sociologists become involved in what are often seen as purely scientific and technical discussions. In this opening chapter we contribute to this engagement by considering the question of how sociology understands the natural and the social and why many sociologists are rethinking this relationship. We argue that this rethinking is due, on the one hand, to political and theoretical developments within and without sociology and, on the other hand, to the challenge of climate change and recent scientific interventions in, and transformations of, 'nature'. First, however, we discuss the relationship between nature and society that underpinned the development of sociology as a discipline.
Pedagogy, Culture and Society, 1993
Journal of Sociolinguistics, 2000
The sociolinguistic enterprise raises fundamental questions about the nature of the relationships... more The sociolinguistic enterprise raises fundamental questions about the nature of the relationships between social phenomena (such as social class or gender) and linguistic variation, while within social theory a persistent concern is the nature of the relationship between structure and agency. Sociolinguistics can draw on social theory for analysis of the relationship between speaker and system, the role of language in the creation, maintenance and change of social institutions, and the role of human agency in sociolinguistic phenomena. This article summarises the key tenets of a sociological realism, based on the recent work of Margaret Archer (in particular her exploration of analytical dualism) and of Derek Layder (specifically his theory of ‘social domains’). It relates these ideas to sociolinguistics, arguing that language can be seen to have a different significance, depending on which domain is the focus of the researcher's interest. The article considers the distinctivene...
Immigrants & Minorities, 1987
Pedagogy, Culture and Society, 1993
Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour, 2013
Methodological Innovations Online, Jan 1, 2007
Journal of Sociolinguistics, Jan 1, 2000
Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour, 2013
ABSTRACT
The Sociological Review, 2009
The social sciences have been faced with a series of challenges to their relevance since the begi... more The social sciences have been faced with a series of challenges to their relevance since the beginning of the 21st century. In particular, the growing urgency of environmental crises and the remarkable increase in knowledge of genomics have raised questions about sociology's ability to analyse the contemporary world and, especially, its ability to understand the relationship between the natural world and human societies. The argument of this volume is that sociology has a significant contribution to make to this understanding and that it is imperative that sociologists become involved in what are often seen as purely scientific and technical discussions. In this opening chapter we contribute to this engagement by considering the question of how sociology understands the natural and the social and why many sociologists are rethinking this relationship. We argue that this rethinking is due, on the one hand, to political and theoretical developments within and without sociology and, on the other hand, to the challenge of climate change and recent scientific interventions in, and transformations of, 'nature'. First, however, we discuss the relationship between nature and society that underpinned the development of sociology as a discipline.
Pedagogy, Culture and Society, 1993
Journal of Sociolinguistics, 2000
The sociolinguistic enterprise raises fundamental questions about the nature of the relationships... more The sociolinguistic enterprise raises fundamental questions about the nature of the relationships between social phenomena (such as social class or gender) and linguistic variation, while within social theory a persistent concern is the nature of the relationship between structure and agency. Sociolinguistics can draw on social theory for analysis of the relationship between speaker and system, the role of language in the creation, maintenance and change of social institutions, and the role of human agency in sociolinguistic phenomena. This article summarises the key tenets of a sociological realism, based on the recent work of Margaret Archer (in particular her exploration of analytical dualism) and of Derek Layder (specifically his theory of ‘social domains’). It relates these ideas to sociolinguistics, arguing that language can be seen to have a different significance, depending on which domain is the focus of the researcher's interest. The article considers the distinctivene...
Immigrants & Minorities, 1987
Pedagogy, Culture and Society, 1993
Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour, 2013
Methodological Innovations Online, Jan 1, 2007
Journal of Sociolinguistics, Jan 1, 2000