Ideal types of society life forms
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Werlen, B. (1995) ''Sozialgeographie Alltäglicher Regionalisierungen. Band 1: Zur Ontologie von Gesellschaft und Raum.'' Stuttgart. | Werlen, B. (1995) ''Sozialgeographie Alltäglicher Regionalisierungen. Band 1: Zur Ontologie von Gesellschaft und Raum.'' Stuttgart. | ||
Werlen, B. (2009) ''Structurationist Geography.'' The International Encyclopaedia of Human Geography. Elsevier. | Werlen, B. (2009) ''Structurationist Geography.'' The International Encyclopaedia of Human Geography. Elsevier. | ||
Revision as of 12:11, 6 September 2011
In the action theoretic approach some key thinkers have distinguished ideal types of society life forms. These ideal types are necessary for better understanding. In real life a society is never constituted of just characteristics from one ideal type. Benno Werlen describes two ideal types of society life forms with their spatiotemporal characteristics:
- Ideal type of traditional life forms and regional societies. Traditional life forms are temporally and spatially embedded.
- Ideal type of late-modern life forms and globalized societies. Late modern life forms are spatially and temporally disembedded.
References:
Werlen, B. (1995) Sozialgeographie Alltäglicher Regionalisierungen. Band 1: Zur Ontologie von Gesellschaft und Raum. Stuttgart.
Werlen, B. (2009) Structurationist Geography. The International Encyclopaedia of Human Geography. Elsevier.
