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The category of social time in the works of classics of sociology. Presentation prepared by Kalaydzhyan A. A. Introduction. People as subjects of historical process moved history in different directions
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The category of social time in the works of classics of sociology Presentation prepared by Kalaydzhyan A. A.
Introduction • People as subjects of historical process moved history in different directions • Social time– a special kind of time connected with human activity
Introduction • Interest to social time from the side of philosophers, historians, sociologists • For the first time a category of social time was introduced by sociologists P.A. Sorokin and R. Merton
Ideas of E. Durkheim • Rhythmical nature of social life • Collective time as a sum of temporal procedures which create cultural rhythm of society
Ideas of E. Durkheim • Certain moments as reflections of different periods • Past time is a causative power which place social facts in conditions of present time – in order to make future time
Ideas of G. Simmel • Attention to conflicts as important part of social life • Subjects create objects, and objects influence on the subjects • Never-ending opposition of people and social forms
Ideas of G. Simmel • Human behaviour sets certain borders and has aspiration to destroy it at the same time • Paradox: time exists and can’t exist at the same time
Ideas of P.A. Sorokin and R. Merton • Sameliness and homogeneity of astronomical time • Particular periods of social time acquire special meaning in connection with different actions and conducts • Special features of temporal intervals are connected with beliefs and customs of the group which we examine
Conclusions • People live among different time systems • Astronomical time helps people to determine proportions between day and night, between different seasons • Social time reflects human activity, the process of society construction by people
References • Sorokin P.A., MertonR.K. Sotsialnoyevremya: opytmetodologicheskogoifunktsionalnogo analiza // Sotsiologicheskiyeissledovaniya. 2004. №6. S. 112-119. • YakovlevV.P. Sotsialnoyevremya. Izdatelstvo Rostovskogouniversiteta, 1980. 160 s. • Katovich M. Durkheim's macrofoundations of time:An assessment and critique // Sociological Quarterly. 1987. Vol.28, №3. P. 367-385. • Molseed M.J. The problem of temporality in thework of Georg Simmel // Sociological Quarterly.1987. Vol.28, №3. P. 357-366.