TY  - BOOK
AU  - Radosław Sojak
PY  - 2019
CY  - Berlin, Germany
PB  - Peter Lang Verlag
SN  - 2196-0143
SN  - 9783631748206
TI  - The Anthropological Paradox
T2  - The Sociology of Knowledge as Perspective of the General Theory of Society
DO  - 10.3726/b13442
UR  - https://www.peterlang.com/document/1054928
N2  - This book seeks to analyse the categorial structure of sociological theory. The analysis is based on three assumptions: first, sociological theory is in a state of structural crisis; second, one of the symptoms of the crisis is the existence of many theoretical dichotomies which hinder the unification of sociological knowledge; and third, sociology of knowledge may analyse the causes of sociological theory’s structural crisis. Drawing on Foucault’s work, the author defines the source of theoretical crisis as an anthropological paradox: the involvement of man in a dialectic of being created and defined by what is objective while, at the same time, transcending this condition into the subjective. This study argues that insights found in works by Luhmann, Latour, Collins, Shapin, and others provide a chance for a formulation of a theoretical language for sociology that escapes the anthropological paradox.
KW  - Social Theory, Structural crisis of sociological theory, Trends in sociology, Sociology of scientific knowledge, Theoretical language for sociology, Michel Foucault
LA  - English
ER  -