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Intro; Acknowledgments; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Chapter 1: Introduction; 1.1 From Structure and Agency to Metric and Nonmetric; 1.2 Preliminary Lessons from the Sociology of Globalization; 1.3 A Little Help from Philosophy; 1.4 Plan of the Book: Toward a Three Layers Model; References; Chapter 2: Structure and Agency: Problem and Solution; 2.1 The Problem of Structure and Agency (Phase A); 2.2 Forced Perspective and Depthless Perception (Phase B); 2.3 Breaking the Illusion: A Threefold Operationalization (Phase C)
2.3.1 First Operationalization: The Micro/Macro Distinction2.3.2 Second Operationalization: The Individual/Society Distinction; 2.3.3 Third Operationalization: The Structure/Agency Distinction; 2.4 Conclusion; References; Chapter 3: DeLanda and the Metric/Nonmetric Distinction; 3.1 The Concept of Multiplicity (Phase A); 3.2 The Concept of Assemblages (Phase A, Continued); 3.3 DeLanda Against DeLanda (Phase B); 3.4 Metric and Nonmetric: An Overview (Phase C); 3.4.1 First Dichotomy; 3.4.2 Second Dichotomy; 3.4.3 Third Dichotomy; 3.4.4 Fourth Dichotomy; 3.5 Conclusion; References
Chapter 4: Metric and Nonmetric in Weber and Durkheim4.1 The Relation Actor/Action (Phase A); 4.2 The Relation Between Types of Actions (Phase B); 4.3 Metric and Nonmetric in Weber (Phase C); 4.3.1 The Dichotomy Between Patrimonialism and Bureaucracy; 4.3.2 The Different Types of Rationality; 4.3.3 The Separation of Value-Spheres; 4.3.4 Charisma and Its Routinization; 4.3.5 Additional Remarks on the Separation of Value-Spheres; 4.4 The Theory of Homo Duplex (Phase A); 4.5 The Critique of Homo Duplex (Phase B); 4.6 Metric and Nonmetric in Durkheim (Phase C); 4.7 Conclusion; References
Chapter 5: Form and Medium in Luhmann's Systems Theory5.1 Communication as Operation of Social Systems (Phase A); 5.2 Beyond Conversation (Phase B); 5.3 The Crowd as Medium of Communication (Phase C); 5.4 Modernity as Functional Differentiation (Phase A); 5.5 Beyond Inclusion and Exclusion (Phase B); 5.6 Metric and Nonmetric in Luhmann (Phase C); 5.7 Conclusion; References; Chapter 6: Bourdieu, Giddens and Foucault Through the Metric/Nonmetric Distinction; 6.1 Pierre Bourdieu; 6.2 Anthony Giddens; 6.3 Michel Foucault; 6.4 Conclusion; References
Chapter 7: Applying the Metric/Nonmetric Distinction7.1 Weber on Capitalism; 7.2 The History of Capitalism: Nonmetric Aspects; 7.3 The History of Capitalism: Metric Aspects; 7.4 From History to Social Change; 7.5 Conclusion; References; Chapter 8: General Conclusion; Glossary; Index
2.3.1 First Operationalization: The Micro/Macro Distinction2.3.2 Second Operationalization: The Individual/Society Distinction; 2.3.3 Third Operationalization: The Structure/Agency Distinction; 2.4 Conclusion; References; Chapter 3: DeLanda and the Metric/Nonmetric Distinction; 3.1 The Concept of Multiplicity (Phase A); 3.2 The Concept of Assemblages (Phase A, Continued); 3.3 DeLanda Against DeLanda (Phase B); 3.4 Metric and Nonmetric: An Overview (Phase C); 3.4.1 First Dichotomy; 3.4.2 Second Dichotomy; 3.4.3 Third Dichotomy; 3.4.4 Fourth Dichotomy; 3.5 Conclusion; References
Chapter 4: Metric and Nonmetric in Weber and Durkheim4.1 The Relation Actor/Action (Phase A); 4.2 The Relation Between Types of Actions (Phase B); 4.3 Metric and Nonmetric in Weber (Phase C); 4.3.1 The Dichotomy Between Patrimonialism and Bureaucracy; 4.3.2 The Different Types of Rationality; 4.3.3 The Separation of Value-Spheres; 4.3.4 Charisma and Its Routinization; 4.3.5 Additional Remarks on the Separation of Value-Spheres; 4.4 The Theory of Homo Duplex (Phase A); 4.5 The Critique of Homo Duplex (Phase B); 4.6 Metric and Nonmetric in Durkheim (Phase C); 4.7 Conclusion; References
Chapter 5: Form and Medium in Luhmann's Systems Theory5.1 Communication as Operation of Social Systems (Phase A); 5.2 Beyond Conversation (Phase B); 5.3 The Crowd as Medium of Communication (Phase C); 5.4 Modernity as Functional Differentiation (Phase A); 5.5 Beyond Inclusion and Exclusion (Phase B); 5.6 Metric and Nonmetric in Luhmann (Phase C); 5.7 Conclusion; References; Chapter 6: Bourdieu, Giddens and Foucault Through the Metric/Nonmetric Distinction; 6.1 Pierre Bourdieu; 6.2 Anthony Giddens; 6.3 Michel Foucault; 6.4 Conclusion; References
Chapter 7: Applying the Metric/Nonmetric Distinction7.1 Weber on Capitalism; 7.2 The History of Capitalism: Nonmetric Aspects; 7.3 The History of Capitalism: Metric Aspects; 7.4 From History to Social Change; 7.5 Conclusion; References; Chapter 8: General Conclusion; Glossary; Index