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The causal power of social structures: Emergence, structure and agency

Wednesday 1 December, 4.30pm, 1WN 3.17

Dr Dave Elder-Vass, Lecturer in Sociology, Department of Social Sciences, Loughborough University, will discuss work drawn from his recently-published book, The causal power of social structures: Emergence, structure and agency (Cambridge University Press).

"In his current work, Dave is examining how language, discourse, culture and knowledge contribute to constructing our social reality. This research aims to show, through an emergentist ontological analysis, that language, discourse, culture and knowledge are real and causally effective, and hence to provide an ontological foundation for a synthesis of realism and constructionism."

- from http://www.eldervass.com