Reflection on the Biographical Turn in Social Science
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Rustin M. Reflection on the Biographical Turn in Social Science. Interaction. Interview. Interpretation. 2002. Vol. 1. No. 1. P. 7-24. (in Russ.).
Abstract
Modern theories of individualization (Beck, 1992; Giddens 1991, 1992) argue that the society of the modern era gives the individual a new role. If the earlier agricultural and industrial society suggested social scenarios, and expect that most individuals will follow them, modern society puts a great responsibility on the people themselves in a choice identity. Weakens the value of such social structures as classes, extended family, professional, community, long-term employment in the same firm before providing clear boundaries of identity. At the same time, society imposes upon individuals the flow of information and provides the identification alternatives of the device life. Instead, requires construction of an "authentic" identification based on numerous samples of identity offered by the consumer society. The transition from a concentration on the study of the class injustices (Richard Sennet and JonathanThe Hidden Injuries of Class Cobb 1972), to the study of "nature" children of that generation (The Corrosion of Character, 1998) is clearly visible on the example of artistic evolution Richard Herself. It is specified as the path, still consisting of both losses and acquisitions from the point of view of physical and moral well-being.
Keywords:
Social Science, Biographic, biography, biographical interviews, family history, biographies in the social Sciences
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