著者

小室 直樹

出版者

日本社会学会

雑誌

社会学評論 (ISSN:00215414)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.18, no.3, pp.22-38, 1967

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The purpose of this paper is to present a theoretical reformulation of the structural functional analysis.<BR>One of the most tragic of this representative analysis in sociology lies in its imcompleteness in logical construction. From this imcompleteness come many confusion of thinking. So I do a trial for reformulation as follws : <BR>I. I give working definitions to the fundamental terms of this analysis after examing some of the usages.<BR>II. I discuss the fundamental theoretical issues of this analysis. This analysis contains many methodological problems that should be solved before it can claim the credit for a scientific method. These polemic issues are, in my opinion, as follows ;<BR>(1) Is it a tautology? (Tautological Trap) <BR>(2) How to operationalize this analysis? (Operational Trap) <BR>(3) How to find to a criterion to measure the extent and the level of a function? (Criterion Trap) <BR>(4) Is it a teleology? (Teleological Trap) <BR>(5) Can this analysis be used for the analysis of conflict in society? (Conflict Trap) <BR>(6) Can this analysis be used for the analysis of dynamical change of society? (Dynamical Trap) <BR>III. After examining these polemic issues, I give a theoretical model of my own to make this analysis a specified tool for social research. I postulate three working axioms and construct upon them main principles of this analysis, among which <I>the duality plinciples</I> and <I>the mechanism of double adjustment</I> play the major part.