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2011•Journal of Fuqing Branch of Fujian Normal UniversityRequires access

Beyond the Binary Opposition of Structure and Human Action

Zeng Xiao

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The binary opposition of structure and human action is a difficult issue which is unavoidable but hard to resolve in the development of sociological theory.Contemporary sociological theorists Giddens and Bourdieu are both against such dualism.They each developed a different but related theory.They are the Structuring Theory of Giddens and Practice Theory of Bourdieu.This paper will compare the two kinds of theory on the basis of representing their theories.

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The binary opposition of structure and human action is a difficult issue which is unavoidable but hard to resolve in the development of sociological theory.Contemporary sociological theorists Giddens and Bourdieu are both against such dualism.They each developed a different but related theory.They are the Structuring Theory of Giddens and Practice Theory of Bourdieu.This paper will compare the two kinds of theory on the basis of representing their theories.

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The binary opposition of structure and human action is a difficult issue which is unavoidable but hard to resolve in the development of sociological theory.Contemporary sociological theorists Giddens and Bourdieu are both against such dualism.They each developed a different but related theory.They are the Structuring Theory of Giddens and Practice Theory of Bourdieu.This paper will compare the two kinds of theory on the basis of representing their theories.

Key concepts: Epistemology, Binary opposition, Dualism, Structuring, Sociology, Opposition (politics), Sociological theory, Practice theory

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