Open AccessKritický realismus Revisited: Příspěvek k sociologické teorii subjektivity
Author(s) -
Dušan Janák
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
sociální studia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.135
H-Index - 6
eISSN - 1803-6104
pISSN - 1214-813X
DOI - 10.5817/soc2020-s-69
Subject(s) - epistemology , objectivism , subjectivism , subjectivity , sociology , phenomenology (philosophy) , realism , individualism , holism , dilemma , argument (complex analysis) , philosophy , political science , law , biochemistry , chemistry
This paper develops the sociological conception of subjectivity, which recognizes the key role of cultural and linguistic meanings in social life. J. Šubrt’s concept of “duplex” could help to overcome the theoretical dilemma between individualism (subjectivism) and holism (objectivism) in sociology. This concept is inspired by the critical realism of I. A. Bláha and takes into account perspectives from the philosophy of language, phenomenology, the classical sociology of G. H. Mead, and the contemporary critical realism of M. Archer. The focus of the duplex concept is the interactive and procedural nature of meanings (mental representations). The argument in favour of the interactive and pluralistic conception of the subject of social events derives from this attribute of meaning.