The situational logic of social actions / John Dixon, Rhys Dogan, and Alan Sanderson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dixon, John E., 1946 May 9-

Contributor:

Dogan, Rhys.

Sanderson, Alan.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Interpersonal relations.

Social interaction.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (293 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Science Publishers, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The purpose of this book is to provide insights that make social interactions more predictable by better understanding how people come to the conclusion that a particular social action is both possible and desirable in a particular relational situation. This it does by demarcating and exploring the implications of a set of situational logics that are grounded in how a person can coherently choose not only to comprehend the actuality of a relational situation, but also to understand why social actions are carried out the way they are in that situation.

Contents:

""THE SITUATIONAL LOGIC OF SOCIAL ACTIONS ""; ""CONTENTS ""; ""PREFACE ""; ""READING A RELATIONAL SITUATION: THE CONTENDING LENSES ""; ""INTRODUCTION ""; ""RELATIONAL SITUATIONS IN THE WORLD OF PERSONS ""; ""THE RELATIONAL INDIVIDUAL ""; ""MAKING SENSE OF A SOCIAL ARENA ""; ""EPISTEMOLOGY AND TRUTH ""; ""THE EPISTEMOLOGICAL DICHOTOMY: NATURALISM AND HERMENEUTICS ""; ""ONTOLOGY AND REALITY ""; ""THE ONTOLOGICAL DICHOTOMY: STRUCTURE AND AGENCY ""; ""THE CONTENDING SOCIAL-REALITY DISPOSITIONS ""; ""CONCLUSION ""; ""ENGAGING WITH OTHERS: CHOOSING THE BEST LENS ""; ""INTRODUCTION ""

""ENGAGING WITH OTHERS: THE CALCULUS""""RELATIONSHIP-ARRANGING PRINCIPLES: THE OPTIONS ""; ""FRAMING A RELATIONAL SITUATION TO BEST ADVANTAGE ""; ""HOMO HIERARCHUS AND THE HIERARCHICAL SITUATIONAL LOGIC ""; ""HOMO SOCIOLOGICUS AND THE EGALITARIAN SITUATIONAL LOGIC ""; ""HOMO EXISTENTIALIS AND THE EGOCENTRIC SITUATIONAL LOGIC""; ""HOMO ECONOMICUS AND THE INDIVIDUALISTIC SITUATIONAL LOGIC ""; ""CONCLUSION ""; ""READING A RELATIONAL SITUATION DIFFERENTLY: THE CHALLENGE OF CHANGING LENS ""; ""INTRODUCTION ""; ""THE INCOMPATIBILITIES OF THE CONTENDING SITUATIONAL LOGICS""

""THE CHALLENGE OF FOLLOWING A DIFFERENT SITUATIONAL LOGIC """"THE CHALLENGE OF UNDIMINISHED COGNITIVE DISSONANCE ""; ""CONCLUSION ""; ""READING A RELATIONAL SITUATION BETTER: DESIGNING A BETTER LENS ""; ""INTRODUCTION ""; ""REFLEXIVE INTROSPECTION AND THE SEARCH FOR UNDERSTANDING ""; ""SOCIAL MEDIATION AND THE SEARCH FOR UNDERSTANDING ""; ""MORPHOGENETIC METHODOLOGY AND THE SEARCH FOR UNDERSTANDING ""; ""APPLYING MORPHOGENETIC METHODOLOGY TO A SOCIAL ARENA ""; ""CONCLUSION ""; ""BIBLIOGRAPHY ""; ""ABOUT THE AUTHORS ""; ""INDEX ""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [191]-252) and index.

ISBN:

1-60741-210-1

OCLC:

429917322