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No. 2(21) (2021): Historical Sociology

Analytical Historical Sociology: Prospects of the Discipline

DOI
https://doi.org/10.51196/srz.21.6
Published
1. 11. 2021

Abstract

Analytical sociologists seem to share the belief that mid-range theories are the best way to explain social phenomena, and that social behaviour is a product of individual behaviour. The activities of individuals at the micro level are carried out at the level of social groups and institutions, and the macro level influences individuals through social facts and the context in which socialisation takes place. The programme of analytical sociology was intended to deepen the understanding of social phenomena and to explain the mechanisms of their formation. It is not enough to observe the correlation relationships between the variables, it is necessary to analyse the deep dependence between the elements that build the social mechanism to be explained – argued Peter Hedström. With theoretical and methodological postulates constructed in such a way, a particular weakness is perceived in analyses in the field of historical sociology. Historical sociology, however, may adopt additional theoretical assumptions, which will allow it to adopt some of the methods of analytical sociology, and thus it may enrich the informative potential of historical sociology, as well as systematise and formalise the discipline.

The article aims to show that it is possible to integrate analytical sociology with historical sociology. Historical sociology can receive a new research impulse by making use of the available historical archives and applying the methodological rules proposed by analytical sociology. The use of social network analysis seems to be of particular importance.

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