单词 | social action |
释义 | > as lemmassocial action social action n. (a) deliberate action that results or is intended to result in a change in the institutions or conditions of social life; an instance of this; (b) (Sociology) action that takes place in a social context; action involving or oriented towards one or more other individuals; an instance of this. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > customs, values, and civilization > [noun] > change > action resulting in social actiona1746 mobilization1876 mobilizing1901 social mobilization1919 a1746 F. Hutcheson Syst. Moral Philos. (1755) I. i. ix. 181 There may be abundant enjoyments to some orders of beings without social action. 1853 H. Martineau Positive Philos. of Comte II. viii. 246 Its distinctive social action..was well represented by the noble Fabricius. 1873 H. Spencer Study Sociol. i. 2 Minds in which the conceptions of social actions are thus rudimentary, are also minds ready to harbour wild hopes of benefits to be achieved by administrative agencies. 1929 T. Parsons in Jrnl. Polit. Econ. 37 33 Weber does not exclude ‘values’ from his consideration, but the whole point of his method is to analyze social action in terms of them. 1985 E. W. Soja in D. Gregory & J. Urry Social Relations & Spatial Structures vi. 90 To be alive is to..be shaped by a constantly evolving spatiality which constitutes and concretises social action and relationship. 2004 D. A. Hardcastle et al. Community Pract. i. 9 Social action to change the law..will be more effective than after-the-fact rape counseling in sparing women the..traumas of rape. < as lemmas |
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