Dostęp otwarty
SOCIETY – AGENCY/STRUCTURE – GLOBALIZATION. CHALLENGES FOR SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY
Andrzej NIESPOREK1
Język publikacji: angielski
artykuł naukowy
Transformacje Nr 2(125)2025, Data publikacji: 30 czerwca 2025r.
Słowa kluczowe: sociology, agency, system, globalization, society
Streszczenie Since the very start of the formation of sociology as a science the key problem was explaining the mechanisms of the sustainability of social life. From the very beginning, sociological thinking largely focused on the analysis of the essence of the relation between action (agency) and social structure (social system). This relation was described and explained in various manner. Together with the process of globalization – and the resulting changes in social life – the way in which sociology should be pursued is problematized. Sociology is facing new research and theory challenges. The manner in which the relation between agency and structure needs to be described is changing as well. The article contains the analysis of sociological reflections on key concepts (society, agency/structure, globalization), their role in the formation of sociological theory and its contemporary challenges.
Institute of Sociology, University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland
ORCID: 0000-0001-7514-8163
E-mail: andrzej.niesporek@us.edu.pl