| Titre | Pour une approche critique de la théorie des conventions | |
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| Auteur | Quynh Delaunay | |
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Revue | L'Homme et la société |
| Numéro | no 95-96, 1er et 2e trimestre 1990 Mission et démission des sciences sociales | |
| Page | 85-102 | |
| Résumé anglais |
Quynh Delaunay, Towards a Critical Theory of Conventions
The theory of conventions is a theoretical attempt to provide a scientific foundation for currents of thought related to methodological individualism. Individuals make decisions in relation to the qualities attached to their condition as beings living in a liberal and democratic society. These qualities are evoked in an axiomatic and paradigmatic form recognizable as corresponding to the neo-classical model. But the individuals find themselves in situations requiring the establishment of mutual accommodation. Such an accommodation is possible because people living together share a set of values (or conventions) in which each recognizes his or her interest. In the multiple positions occupied by an individual, action corresponds to a logical type. The positions of an individual can be called into question at any time. Society functions, thusly, as a constant shifting of existing equilibriums towards new equilibriums. The theory of conventions is designed to be applied to a vast domain marked-out by the social sciences. It is a theory of social order that emphasizes the symbolic at the expense of what is concrete and contradictory. Source : Éditeur (via Persée) |
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