Many social theorists now call themselves 'relational
sociologists', but mean entirely different things by it. The
majority endorse a 'flat ontology', dealing exclusively with dyadic
relations. Consequently, they cannot explain the context in which
relationships occur or their consequences, except as resultants of
endless 'transactions'. This book adopts a different approach which
regards 'the relation' itself as an emergent property, with
internal causal effects upon its participants and external ones on
others. The authors argue that most 'relationists' seem unaware
that analytical philosophers, such as Searle, Gilbert and Tuomela,
have spent years trying to conceptualize the 'We' as dependent upon
shared intentionality. Donati and Archer change the focus away from
'We thinking' and argue that 'We-ness' derives from subjects'
reflexive orientations towards the emergent relational 'goods' and
'evils' they themselves generate. Their approach could be called
'relational realism', though they suggest that realists, too, have
failed to explore the 'relational subject'.
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