Transitional
Temporality
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Transitional
Temporality
Autor:
Hirschman, Daniel
Assuntos:
Change agents
;
Commodification
;
Comparative analysis
;
Disruption
;
Economic change
;
Social change
;
Social costs
;
Time
;
Transformation
É parte de:
Sociological theory, 2021-03, Vol.39 (1), p.48-58
Descrição:
Sewell (1996b) identified three temporalities that underlie many social scientific accounts. This article identifies a fourth: transitional
temporality
. This approach is inspired by Polanyi’s ([1944] 2001) comparative analysis of the rate of change of economic transformation surrounding the commodification of land and labor. Following Polanyi, transitional
temporality
focuses not on the endpoints of social transformation (as in teleological approaches) nor on moments of transformation (as in eventful approaches) but on the potentially lengthy transitions between structures. Whereas eventful
temporality
equates agency with the choices made by individuals during relatively rare events, transitional
temporality
identifies the capacity for agents to alter the rate of change and, in so doing, to prevent or bring about events. This approach recovers Polanyi’s oft-ignored analysis of the state’s role in modulating the rate of change and foregrounds the social costs of disruption and dislocation resulting from abrupt transitions.
Editor:
Los Angeles, CA: SAGE Publications
Idioma:
Inglês