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PIGNUOLI OCAMPO, Sergio. The Definition of ‘the Social’ and the System of Coordinates of Sociality. Estud. sociol [online]. 2021, vol.39, n.117, pp.685-715.  Epub 04-Abr-2022. ISSN 2448-6442.  https://doi.org/10.24201/es.2021v39n117.2085.

This paper reviews the problem of the definition of ‘the social’ or the unit of analysis in sociology and develops a theoretical-methodological approach designed to improve the way it is dealt with. To this end, the discussions of the micro-macro link and the conceptions of sociality are examined. Three theoretical cores in force in sociology are identified and a systematic relationship between them is drawn up. Based on these premises, the concept of the system of coordinates of sociality is introduced and a theoretical-methodological scheme based on it is developed. The cores are established as dimensions (monadic, dyadic and triadic) of a space of sociological properties, the origin of the coordinates is fixed, and the axes are scaled. Finally, their basal properties, basic operations, and general fields of application are defined.

Palabras llave : sociological theory; systematics; definition of the social.

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