Advances in Reflexive Sociology: Theory, Agency and Dialogical Inquiry

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  • Charalambos Tsekeris Panteion University 136 Syngrou Ave., 176 71, Athens, Greece

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.13136/isr.v2i2.31

Keywords:

reflexivity, knowledge, agency

Abstract

This theoretical essay seeks to comprehensively present and critically discuss the major advances in reflexive sociology, overtly promoting a kind of dialogical reflexivity. This mode of reflexivity claims to efficiently renounce the allegedly irreconcilable opposition between theory and agency, as well as to self-consciously challenge the frequent sociological dismissal of explanation and empirical reference. Hence, reflexive sociology ceases to be a monologic exhibition of epistemological power and tends to develop a more critical and collaborative character within the relational complexity of our contemporary social world.

Author Biography

Charalambos Tsekeris, Panteion University 136 Syngrou Ave., 176 71, Athens, Greece

Department of Psychology

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Published

07.09.2012

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Tsekeris, C. (2012). Advances in Reflexive Sociology: Theory, Agency and Dialogical Inquiry. Italian Sociological Review, 2(2), 66. https://doi.org/10.13136/isr.v2i2.31

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Vol. 2 No. 2 (2012)

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