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Collective Mental State and Individual Agency: Qualitative Factors in Social Science Explanation

"Kollektiver Geisteszustand" und individueller Agens: Qualitative Faktoren in den Erklärungen der Sozialwissenschaften
Estado mental colectivo y agentes individuales: Factores cualitativos en la explicación de las ciencias sociales
[journal article]

Bostock, William W.

Abstract

In der jüngsten Vergangenheit kam es zu gewalttätigen Vorfällen in Form von Angriffen auf zivile Ziele und zu politischen Attentaten in Ländern, in denen es gewöhnlich nicht erwartet wird. Dies hat es notwendig erscheinen lassen, das Interesse an dem alten Konzept des "kollektiven Bewusstseins" wied... view more

In der jüngsten Vergangenheit kam es zu gewalttätigen Vorfällen in Form von Angriffen auf zivile Ziele und zu politischen Attentaten in Ländern, in denen es gewöhnlich nicht erwartet wird. Dies hat es notwendig erscheinen lassen, das Interesse an dem alten Konzept des "kollektiven Bewusstseins" wieder zu beleben. In diesem Artikel werden das Konzept in seiner gegenwärtigen Reformulierung als "kollektiver Geisteszustand" und Versuche individueller Akteure, diesen Zustand zu kontrollieren, zu verändern und anderweitig zu nutzen, diskutiert. Es wird gefolgert, dass die Berücksichtigung "kollektiver Geisteszustände" und deren Effekt auf und Nutzbarkeit durch individuelle Akteure essenziell für Erklärungen in den Sozialwissenschaften ist.... view less


Recent violent events such as attacks on civilian targets and political assassinations in countries not usually susceptible to these have created a need to revive interest in the ancient concept of collective consciousness. In this article, the concept in its current reformulation as collective ment... view more

Recent violent events such as attacks on civilian targets and political assassinations in countries not usually susceptible to these have created a need to revive interest in the ancient concept of collective consciousness. In this article, the concept in its current reformulation as collective mental state, and the attempts of individual agents to control, shift and otherwise manage it, are examined. It is concluded that allowance for the unmeasurable and unpredictable qualitative factors of the collective mental state and the effect upon it of individual agency is essential in social science explanations.... view less


Los recientes actos violentos, tales como ataques a objetivos civiles y asesinatos políticos en países en los que habitualmente no sucedían este tipo de situaciones, han creado la necesidad de revitalizar el interés por el antiguo concepto de conciencia colectiva. En el presente artículo se examinan... view more

Los recientes actos violentos, tales como ataques a objetivos civiles y asesinatos políticos en países en los que habitualmente no sucedían este tipo de situaciones, han creado la necesidad de revitalizar el interés por el antiguo concepto de conciencia colectiva. En el presente artículo se examinan tanto el concepto en su reformulación actual: estado mental colectivo; así como los intentos de agentes individuales por controlarlo, modificarlo o utilizarlo en su favor. Se propone que en las explicaciones de las Ciencias Sociales es esencial tomar en cuenta tanto los imprevisibles e inmedibles factores cualitativos del estado mental colectivo así como la influencia que los agentes individuales tienen sobre él.... view less

Keywords
responsibility; individuality; social responsibility; collective consciousness; collective identity

Classification
General Sociology, Basic Research, General Concepts and History of Sociology, Sociological Theories

Method
descriptive study

Free Keywords
Kollektiver Geisteszustand; Kollektives Bewusstsein; Ansteckung; individueller Agens; collective mental state; collective consciousness; contagion; individual agency; responsibility; estado mental colectivo; conciencia colectiva; contagio; agentes individuales; responsabilidad;

Document language
English

Publication Year
2002

Page/Pages
9 p.

Journal
Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung / Forum: Qualitative Social Research, 3 (2002) 3

ISSN
1438-5627

Status
Published Version; reviewed

Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution


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