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The central problem of social theory is 'structure and agency'. How do the objective features of society influence human agents? Determinism is not the answer, nor is conditioning as currently conceptualised. It accentuates the way structure and culture shape the social context in which individuals operate, but it neglects our personal capacity to define what we care about most and to establish a modus vivendi expressive of our concerns. Through inner dialogue, 'the internal conversation', individuals reflect upon their social situation in the light of current concerns and projects. On the basis of a series of unique, in-depth interviews, Archer identifies three distinctive forms of internal conversation. These govern agents' responses to social conditioning, their individual patterns of social mobility and whether or not they contribute to social stability or change. Thus the internal conversation is seen as being the missing link between society and the individual, structure and agency.

sociologie --- Sociological theory building --- Community organization --- Social structure. --- Agent (Philosophy) --- Self-knowledge, Theory of. --- Social perception. --- Interviews --- Structure sociale --- Agent (Philosophie) --- Connaissance de soi --- Perception sociale --- Entretiens --- MIND -- 159.932 --- 316.3 --- 316.37 --- 316.772.41 --- #SBIB:309H021 --- Sociale structuur --(sociologie) --- Identiteit. Individu en maatschappij. Persoonlijkheid --- Intrapersonele communicatie--(communicatiesociologie); z.o. {159.922} --- Intra- en interpersonele communicatie --- Agent (Philosophy). --- 316.772.41 Intrapersonele communicatie--(communicatiesociologie); z.o. {159.922} --- 316.37 Identiteit. Individu en maatschappij. Persoonlijkheid --- 316.3 Sociale structuur --(sociologie) --- Self-knowledge, Theory of --- Social perception --- Social structure --- Organization, Social --- Social organization --- Anthropology --- Sociology --- Social institutions --- Cognition, Social --- Interpersonal perception --- Social cognition --- Interpersonal relations --- Perception --- Social cognitive theory --- Introspection (Theory of knowledge) --- Knowledge, Reflexive --- Knowledge of self, Theory of --- Reflection (Theory of knowledge) --- Reflexive knowledge --- Knowledge, Theory of --- Personality (Theory of knowledge) --- Self (Philosophy) --- Conversation --- Interviewing --- Agency (Philosophy) --- Agents --- Person (Philosophy) --- Act (Philosophy) --- Philosophy

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The rate of social change has speeded up in the last three decades, but how do we explain this? This volume ventures what the generative mechanism is that produces such rapid change and discusses how this differs from late Modernity. Contributors examine if an intensification of morphogenesis (positive feedback that results in a change in social form) and a corresponding reduction in morphostasis (negative feedback that restores or reproduces the form of the social order) best captures the process involved.   This volume resists proclaiming a new social formation as so many books written by empiricists have done by extrapolating from empirical data.  Until we can convincingly demonstrate that a new generative mechanism is at work, it is premature to argue what accounts for the global changes that are taking place and where they will lead. More concisely we seek to answer the question whether or not current social change can be regarded as social morphogenesis. Only then, in the next volumes will the same team of authors be able to remove the question mark.

Social action. --- Social change. --- Social evolution. --- Social change --- Sociology & Social History --- Social Sciences --- Social Change --- Morphogenesis. --- Morphogeny --- Organogenesis --- Change, Social --- Cultural change --- Cultural transformation --- Societal change --- Socio-cultural change --- Social sciences. --- International relations. --- Sociology. --- Social Sciences. --- Sociology, general. --- International Relations. --- Embryology --- Morphology --- Social history --- Social evolution --- Coexistence --- Foreign affairs --- Foreign policy --- Foreign relations --- Global governance --- Interdependence of nations --- International affairs --- Peaceful coexistence --- World order --- National security --- Sovereignty --- World politics --- Social theory --- Social sciences

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Margaret Archer's Culture and Agency was first published in 1988, and proved a seminal contribution to social theory and the case for the role of culture in sociological thought. Described in Sociological Review as 'a timely and sophisticated treatment', the book showed that the 'problems' of culture and agency, on the one hand, and structure and agency, on the other, could be solved using the same analytical framework. In this revised edition of Culture and Agency, Margaret Archer contextualises her argument in 1990s cultural sociology and links it explicitly to her latest book, Realist Social Theory: The Morphogenetic Approach (Cambridge University Press, 1995).

Culture --- Social integration --- Social structure --- Organization, Social --- Social organization --- Anthropology --- Sociology --- Social institutions --- Inclusion, Social --- Integration, Social --- Social inclusion --- Belonging (Social psychology) --- Cultural sociology --- Sociology of culture --- Civilization --- Popular culture --- Social aspects --- Social Sciences --- Culture. --- Social structure. --- Social integration.

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Sociological theory building --- Community organization --- philosophy --- social structure --- 316.3 --- 316.37 --- 316.772.41 --- #SBIB:309H021 --- 316.37 Identiteit. Individu en maatschappij. Persoonlijkheid --- Identiteit. Individu en maatschappij. Persoonlijkheid --- 316.3 Sociale structuur --(sociologie) --- Sociale structuur --(sociologie) --- 316.772.41 Intrapersonele communicatie--(communicatiesociologie); z.o. {159.922} --- Intrapersonele communicatie--(communicatiesociologie); z.o. {159.922} --- Intra- en interpersonele communicatie --- Social structure --- Agent (Philosophy) --- Self-knowledge, Theory of --- Social perception --- Interviews

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