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2007
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(2007): Keines für alle!. In: KOLNER ZEITSCHRIFT FUR SOZIOLOGIE UND SOZIALPSYCHOLOGIE 59 (2), S. 340-349. DOI: 10.1007/s11577-007-0032-z
Abstract: The article is an answer to Hartmut Esser's "One for All? The Weber Paradigm, the Moderate Methodological Holism Concept and the Sociological Explanation Model", published earlier in this journal (KZfSS 58: 352-363). It explicates the differences between Essers sociological explanation model and the alternative model of moderate methodological holism. It analyses Esser's misunderstandings and shows that his model - contrary to Esser's "official" announcement - doesn't entail the concept of macrodetermination, which is rightly so, because it doesn't fit with Essers reductionist approach. The ontological and anthropological conceptions underlying the two explanation models are very different and lead to different methodologies.
2004
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(2004): General theory of action? Inconsistencies in Hartmut Esser's action theory. In: Zeitschrift für Soziologie (186-205), S. 186-205
Abstract: In this article Hartmut Esser's claim to have designed a "general theory of action" is analyzed critically. This reveals that Esser's action theory contains remediable inconsistencies due to the modeling of the theoretical statements. The application of fuzzy-logic is proposed to provide for more adequate and simpler modeling. Basically it is questionable whether the "psychologization of sociology", which is a consequence of his framing-concept, is the right way for a sociology that is interested in explaining social aggregations.
2000
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(2000): Alfred Schütz — Ökonom und/oder Soziologe?. In: KOLNER ZEITSCHRIFT FUR SOZIOLOGIE UND SOZIALPSYCHOLOGIE 52 (4), S. 761-782. DOI: 10.1007/s11577-000-0106-7
Abstract: In 1996, Hartmut Esser published a rational choice model of the "Definition of the Situation" in this journal (KZfSS 48, 1996: 1-34). This work is based on his economic interpretation of the theory of Alfred Schutz, a co-founder of interpretative sociology. This paper analyses Hartmut Esser's attempt to reconstruct the sociological concept of the definition of the situation by means of economic theory. It shows that Esser's misinterpretations and abridgements of the theory of Alfred Schutz (this is especially true of the interactive aspects) lead to considerable discrepancies between Esser and Schutz in modelling the definition of the situation. In his economic modelling of the definition of the situation Esser fails to conceive the sociological essence of this concept (the construction of sense structures) because he formulates a model of rational behavior in accordance with the economic tradition. Schutz, however, advocates the construction of rational models of human behavior, which also includes "irrational" (not utility-maximizing) or "sense"-directed behavior.
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