Everything Else Equal. Reductionism Contained.
Tuesday, October 16th, 2007 Posted in Individual, Charismatic Leader | No Comments »The dramatic narrative so far: Max Weber introduces a human called charismatic leader who radically recreates culture and social organization from within himself. Sociology is threatened with reduction to an appendage of biology. We rally to the defense of sociology out ...
Sociological View of Reductionism
Friday, October 12th, 2007 Posted in Individual, Reductionism, Harry Houdini | 2 Comments »Triad of Hierarchical Stones on New England Beach. Locals claim it has been in place for 10 million years. (above) Old Line Journeyman Sociologist on the Way to His Lab. He still remembers seeing Talcott Parsons dance the ...
The Unanticipated Individual
Wednesday, October 10th, 2007 Posted in Concepts, Individual, Reductionism, Levels of Analysis | No Comments »Max Weber, the famous German sociologist, gave us the concept of charismatic leader--an individual who has freed himself from the bond of the established social consensus and asserted a new dispensation. His charm is considerable and those people ...