Year: 2026
Type: article
Abstract: Social positioning theory and the morphogenetic/morphostatic approach of Margaret Archer are compared. The differences identified are found mostly to reflect contrasts in objectives and orientations. But not all do. Those that do not, I argue, result from an effective absence of an account of the community and its place in social constitution in the morphogenetic/morphostatic approach.
Source: Journal of Critical Realism
Author: Tony Lawson
Institution: University of Cambridge
Language: English
Subfield: Sociology and Political Science
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W7168537297