PSYCHOLOGY. SOCIOLOGY. EDUCATION.
Issue 1, 2014
CONTENTS
| Section | PROBLEMS OF THEORY AND METHODOLOGY OF SOCIOLOGY | ||
| Codes UDC | 168.1+316.2 | Page | 135-142 |
| Title | �Meaning� as the element of sociological theory | ||
| Author 1 | Erofeeva Maria A. | St. Petersburg State University 199034, St. Petersburg, Russia post-graduate student e-mail: malutcacnos@gmail.com |
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| Summary | The article analyses how the notion of meaning can be embedded in sociological theory as a substantive theoretical construct. The author considers three possibilities to theorize meaning sociologically: the N. Luhmann�s theory of social systems, B. Latour�s actor-network theory and P. Ricoeur�s reconceptualization of M. Weber�s notion of the meaning of social action. In conclusion, the author notes that the embedment of the notion of meaning in sociological theory is always linked with philosophical concepts. The main theoretical output of the article is that �meaning� in the analyzed theories is considered as a space of unequal probability opportunities. This result can be used in further sociological theorizing of the lamination of meaning. | ||
| Keywords | meaning, sense, sociological theory, Luhmann, Latour, Ricoeur, space of opportunities, cdefinition of concepts, sociology-philosophy link. | ||