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Relational sociology is a collection of sociological theories that emphasize relationalism over substantivalism in explanations and interpretations of social phenomena and is most directly connected to the work of Harrison White and Charles Tilly in the United States and Pierpaolo Donati and Nick Crossley in Europe.
Relationalism, in the broadest sense, applies to any system of thought that gives importance to the relational nature of reality.In its narrower and more philosophically restricted sense, as propounded by the Indian philosopher Joseph Kaipayil [1] [2] [3] and others, relationalism refers to the theory of reality that interprets the existence, nature, and meaning of things in terms of their ...
Relational theory, in physics; Relationism (Mannheim), a concept in the sociology of knowledge developed by Karl Mannheim; Relationism (philosophy), the philosophical position that relations exist as ontological primitives, which is contrasted to relationalism
Mustafa Emirbayer is an American sociologist and professor of sociology at University of Wisconsin-Madison.He is known for his theoretical contributions to social network analysis, and is "one of the most vocal advocates of the relational approach in the social sciences."
Donati’s research started with the idea of building a useful sociology to reform society according to a humanistic perspective. His writings became a long journey of reflections on the vicissitudes of modernity, its institutions, movements and ideologies, up to claiming that modernity dies and a new, after(not post)-modern society is born.
He is considered a major figure in the development of historical sociology, the early use of quantitative methods in historical analysis, the methodology of event cataloging, the turn towards relational and social-network modes of inquiry, the development of process- and mechanism-based analysis, as well as the study of: contentious politics ...
Harrison Colyar White (March 21, 1930 – May 18, 2024) was an American sociologist who was the Giddings Professor of Sociology at Columbia University.White played an influential role in the “Harvard Revolution” in social networks [1] and the New York School of relational sociology. [2]
Drawing theoretically from relational sociology, social network analysis avoids treating individuals (persons, organizations, states) as discrete units of analysis, it focuses instead on how the structure of ties affects and constitutes individuals and their relationships. In contrast to analyses that assume that socialization into norms ...