Elisionism

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Elisionism is a philosophical standpoint encompassing various social theories. Elisionist theories are diverse; however, they are unified in their adherence to process philosophy as well as their assumption that the social and the individual cannot be separated.[1] The term elisionism was coined by Margaret Archer in 1995 in the book Realist Social Theory: The Morphogenetic Approach.[2] Elisionism is often contrasted with holism, atomism, and emergentism.[3]

References

Footnotes

  1. ^ Sawyer 2005, p. 175.
  2. ^ Archer 1995, p. 60; Sawyer 2005, p. 125.
  3. ^ Creaven 2000, p. 6.

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