Process Sociology

The process sociology or figuration sociology has become known by Norbert Elias. The term process refers to social as well as on associated cognitive processes, legal processes in this context are at best a special case for possible sociological analyzes.

The concept

In addition to the critical theory and system theory, it is one of the social theories. The process sociology claims to reproduce a reasonable possible perception of reality in their dynamics. Elias ' ambition was to create a science continues to develop, as are not considered separately in the sociogenesis and psychogenesis. To accomplish this goal, he also relied on psychoanalysis to develop a holistic image of man. In Germany, the development of process sociology recent primarily at the University of Hannover is emphasized by Dawud Gholamasad.

Classification

The process sociology was just as critical theory strongly influenced by the Marxian theory. However, the process is understood sociology as a non- normative. The world view includes as opposed to system theory no closed systems, but processes without beginning and without end, ie also without a goal. People and their increasingly dynamic linkages ( " figurations " ), not communication systems are the focus of attention.

Basic concepts

Basic concepts in the true sense of the word does not exist in the process sociology. Because even the word " reason " suggests something like a static single cause cause-effect model. Of these may be in the process sociology question. Since language is the world as it is experienced, it is better to speak of important concepts. Here next to figuration would also call to commitment and distancing.