[MD] for Ham, Arlo interjects

[David M]

> 
> [Arlo]
> Once again, your problem arises from the assumption that "society" 
> and the "individual" are either unrelated or uni-directional. Society 
> and the individual, as articulated nicely in the article on 
> Structuration that Ron circulated, exist dialectially, mutually 
> generative and bi-directional. To the extent that man appropriates 
> cultural values and norms, adopts a vision guided by the language, 
> history, and metaphors of her/his community, man's relationship with 
> society is "structurated". To the extent that man is able to act with 
> will and change his surroundings, man's relationship with soceity is 
> one of agency. But ultimately, both of these are forever intertwined.


DM: I think most of the sociology profession would be with Arlo on this.
Certainly Roy Bhaskar and Margaret Archer and Tony Giddens.