Diadismo en los fundamentos sociológicos de Luhmann y Latour: Comunicación y asociación comparadas

Abstract

Este trabajo compara los programas de Niklas Luhmann y Bruno Latour en tres aspectos específicos de sus fundamentos teóricos: la definición de la unidad de análisis y sus relaciones con el factor unitario del orden social y con el factor secuencial del cambio social. La hipótesis sugiere que ambos programas convergen en la definición diádica de la unidad de análisis.

n this paper we compare the programs of Niklas Luhmann’s General Theory of Social Systems (GTSS) and Bruno Latour’s Actor-Network Theory (ANT) from a systematic perspective based on the comparison of functional equivalents related to what are considered the main problems addressed by sociology. We propose to compare three specifi c concepts from the theoretical foundations of their sociological programs, namely: the defi nition of sociology’s unit of analysis and its connections to the unitary factor of social order and the sequential factor of social change. Our hypothesis suggests that, although they diverge in emphasis and nuances, both programs converge in the dyadic defi nition of the sociological unit of analysis.