Sociological Theories

Problems with Theory-Construction of Grand Theories Niklas Luhmann's Theory of Social Systems, as an Example

Frequently updated page with papers on methodology, political theory, Russia and economics.

Artigos analisando questões políticas, econômicas e sócioculturais da pós-modernidade.

The aim is to incorporate an array of sociological theories and methods to the study of philanthropy.

Essay on the change of perspective in science, in the first instance in the social sciences from the point of view of a theory of distinctions

The human being is considered as the condition of the possibility - Kant - of Society

Article about the distinction between technology and the arts - from the point of view of a methodology of distinctions

Article on the different aspects of social action from the point of view of the theory of distinctions

Article on the different aspects of 'media' in society - it could also be title The Media of Society

A discussion of the category of society in a historical and in a systematic perspective including the categories of action, communication, decision, structure, function and evolution as essential.

Discussion about the general meaning of technology as an important aspect for modern society

Discussion about the meaning of the body as a social category - taking sexuality as an example - for a theory of society

An overview of the works of Jon Elster, a leading social scientist.

Meaning as the main category for a theory of society from the point of view of the methodology of distinctions