Alexander Filippov 1
On the Notion of Theoretical Sociology
2008,
vol. 7,
No. 3,
pp. 75–114
[issue contents]
The paper is a full text that was initially published more than 10 years ago. It starts with a radical argument: there is no theoretical sociology in Russia. The following question emerges: What should one do in order to make it possible? The author provides a practical rather than radical solution: we should follow existing theories and there is no need for any "Russian" sociology. However, we possess a special kind of pre-theoretical experience and in order to understand it, we need to combine existing theoretical sources anew including the ones that contradict each other.
Keywords:
theory;
communication;
society;
sociology;
observer;
thick description;
sociology of space
Citation:
Filippov Alexander F. (2008) O ponyatii teoreticheskoy sotsiologii [] The Russian Sociological Review, 3, pp. 75-114 (in Russian)