Individual minds and the social order |
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Authors: | David Rubinstein |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Sociology, University of Illinois—Chicago Circle, P.O. Box 4348, 60616 Chicago, IL |
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Abstract: | While Durkheim's concept of group mind is rhetorically offensive to conventional empiricism, there are many familiar examples in the social science literature of purposes, norms, etc. that are not the property of individuals but of a collective praxis. The concept of group mind, properly conceived in terms of collective praxis, provides a useful antidote to the individualizing tendencies of subjectivist sociology, and by revealing the connection between structures and meanings can help heal the rift between subjectivism and objectivism. |
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