SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Social Theory

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We develop a form-theoretical account of knowing in empirically oriented sciences and argue for a paradox-oriented understanding of epistemic quality. Drawing on Spencer-Brown and Luhmann, we start from the idea that observation always operates by drawing a distinction and indicating one side. What appears as an object or “phenomenon” is thus the marked side of a form; its unmarked side persists as horizon. This imp…

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philosophy that sociological understanding's primarily use should be social reform

Book · DOAB

Is it possible to work with sound in sociology rather than being about sound? Can there be a »sonic sociology«? Rémy Bocquillon reflects on the process-oriented character of sociology as an experimental science by including aesthetic practices of sounding and listening as constitutive for the making of sociological theory. Following new materialist and speculative philosophies, this study is thus a combination of so…

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With the advancement in science and technology, new types of complex networks have become common place across varied domains such as computer networks, Internet, bio-technological studies, sociology, and condensed matter physics. The surge of interest in research towards graphs and topology can be attributed to important applications such as graph representation of words in computational linguistics, identification …