Note on “When Prophecy Fails”
Friday, November 2nd, 2007 Posted in Reductionism | 1 Comment »The shared problem for mankind is to describe and understand the universe (the all and everything including us). There are multiple parallel ways that call on different types of knowing and different tests for truth. The classic realms are the familiar ...
Corralling Charisma & Introducing the Neuz
Friday, October 19th, 2007 Posted in Social Invention, Reductionism, Charisma, Neuz | No Comments »Weber's charismatic threatens the sociological project with reductionism. It suggests that a social fact may have its source within another level of analysis, that the plural experience may be explained by a biologically based psychology and sociology reduced to an ...
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 ...