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- noun sociology A theory proposed by Anthony Giddens in an attempt to reconcile theoretical
dichotomies of social systems such asagency /structure ,subjective /objective , andmicro /macro perspectives.
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Evolution has a broad and general tendency to move in the direction of: increasing complexity, increasing differentiation/integration, increasing organization/structuration, increasing relative autonomy, increasing telos.
Balkinization 2007
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Enlightenment involved the eradication of crippling dualism within western thought, a philosophical move conversant with the similar strategy, deployed against binary structuration, pursued much later by deconstruction in general and Derrida in particular
Enlightenment East and West: An Introduction to Romanticism and Buddhism 2007
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As Gilbert Simondon observed, this way of thinking most likely arises as a consequence of technocratic thought where humans impose form on a matter that is thought or conceived of as a passive recipient of structuration.
Perception of an absence where one misses something Tusar N Mohapatra 2009
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As Gilbert Simondon observed, this way of thinking most likely arises as a consequence of technocratic thought where humans impose form on a matter that is thought or conceived of as a passive recipient of structuration.
Archive 2009-05-01 Tusar N Mohapatra 2009
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Anthony Giddens' theory of structuration maybe gets less frequent use than it deserves in part because it is ultimately rather commonsensical.
May 2007 2007
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In fact, I think synthetic worlds are the ideal focal point for a study of structuration in action.
May 2007 2007
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Il me semble, mais bon c'est IMHO, que la fluidité et la progression importe plus dans un livre que la structuration “rigide”.
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I'm interested in the consequences for player behavior, however, and how that might be an interesting illustration of structuration in action.
Structuration, Synthetic Worlds-Style: LOTRO and Emotes 2007
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I'm interested in the consequences for player behavior, however, and how that might be an interesting illustration of structuration in action.
May 2007 2007
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A fairly large percentage of my interests in synthetic worlds ultimately come back to structuration as Giddens describes it.
May 2007 2007
edwardvielmetti commented on the word structuration
http://www.religiousworlds.com/text/ag-struct.html
December 15, 2007