Relating socio-cultural network concepts to process-oriented methodology

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"Examining the works of classical sociologists, this study demonstrates that the 'socio-cultural network analysis' is a 'process-oriented methodology'. 'Sociocultural network' is a concept originally proposed on the basis of 'thick comparison' studies conducted of two Thai villages; it includes both cultural elements and social actors. Different from the early classical sociologists (Auguste Comte and Herbert Spencer), the later classical sociologists (Georg Simmel, Emile Durkheim, Max Weber, Norbert Elias, Talcott Parsons) utilized the terms 'network' and 'process' and thereby prepared the basis for process-oriented methodology. Among them, only Simmel, Weber and Elias created a direct portal to process-oriented methodology by employing those two terms in a significant and interconnected way and in their philosophical, historical and comparative studies. Thus, the socio-cultural network analysis can be regarded as a descendant of these three sociologists." (author's abstract)

Object Details

• Alternative title: Soziokulturelle Netzwerk-Konzepte in prozessorientierter Methodik
• ISSN: 0172-6404
• Extent: Seite(n): 236-251
• Language: Englisch
• Notes: Status: Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Historical Social Research, 38(2)

Classification and Topics

• Subject: Soziologie, Anthropologie ; Kultursoziologie, Kunstsoziologie, Literatursoziologie ; Allgemeine Soziologie, Makrosoziologie, spezielle Theorien und Schulen, Entwicklung und Geschichte der Soziologie ; Ideengeschichte ; Soziologie ; soziologische Theorie ; soziokulturelle Faktoren ; Simmel, G. ; Durkheim, E. ; Spencer, H. ; Elias, N. ; Parsons, T. ; Weber, M. ; vergleichende Forschung ; Netzwerk ; Netzwerkanalyse ; Wissenschaftsanwendung ; Theorieanwendung

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Onaka, Fumiya
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (where): Deutschland
• (when): 2013

Further information

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.12759/hsr.38.2013.2.236-251
• URN: urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-384096
• Rights: GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften. Bibliothek Köln
• Last update: 21.06.2024, 4:27 PM CEST