Individualism, Holism and the Central Dilemma of Sociological Theory

Abstract

The book deals with a key question of sociological theory, in which there are the two fundamentally different starting points: individualism and holism. The author presents a critique of existing attempts to overcome this dilemma and presents his own solution.

Keywords

• Sociology
• Sociological Theory
• Individualism
• Holism
• Action
• Interaction
• Structure
• System
• Function