Politics in the Public Sphere : The Power of Tiny Publics in Classical Sociology
Politics in the Public Sphere : The Power of Tiny Publics in Classical Sociology
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公共领域的政治:古典社会学中小公众的力量
作者：
G. Fine;B. Harrington;Sandro Segre
社会结构是在小群体内形成的，这是我们称之为“小公众”的社会秩序的一个特征。这些微小的公众提供了集体行动和政治变革的基础。然而，在当前的社会学理论中，这种中观层面的分析常常被低估。在本文中，我们认为古典社会学理论家，特别是齐美尔、涂尔干和韦伯，认识到小群体在政治和经济生活中的重要作用，创造了地方社会学。将小团体作为行动领域的重点是认识到互动和谈判秩序的中心地位是政治进程的核心。
The structure of society is shaped within small groups, a feature of social order that we have termed “tiny publics.” These tiny publics provide the basis of collective action and political change. Yet, in current sociological theorizing this meso-level of analysis has often been downplayed. In this article, we argue that classical sociological theorists, particularly Simmel, Durkheim, and Weber, recognized the essential role of small groups in political and economic life, creating a local sociology. To focus on small groups as a field of action recognizes the centrality of interaction and negotiated order as standing at the heart of the political process.