Garfinkel’s Conception of Time

Garfinkel articulates a significant conception of time - as situated and sequential - that works in tandem with his rendering of social order in terms of situated practices. However, because his treatment of the actor, action, group and time in situated terms differs significantly from more conventi...

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Published in:Studies in conflict and terrorism 2005-09, Vol.14 (2-3), p.163-190
Main Author: Rawls, Anne Warfield
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Communication
Conceptualization
Discourse
Ethnomethodology
Garfinkel, Harold
Garfinkel, Harold (1917-2011)
Individuals
Meaning
Organization
Practice
Social interaction
Social Order
Social Structure
Social theory
Society
Sociological Theory
Texts
Theorists
Time
Time perspectives
Trust
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Summary:Garfinkel articulates a significant conception of time - as situated and sequential - that works in tandem with his rendering of social order in terms of situated practices. However, because his treatment of the actor, action, group and time in situated terms differs significantly from more conventional theoretical approaches, critics have often mistakenly interpreted Garfinkel as focused on the individual, and indifferent to the significance of social structures, and their relations through time. What Garfinkel focuses on are practices, not individuals, and he argues that practices constitute the essential foundations of social structure. Given this view, the time dimension of practice is the significant time dimension for any study of communication and/or social order, which are both constituted in and through situations defined by mutual orientation toward practice.
ISSN:0961-463X
1057-610X
1461-7463
DOI:10.1177/0961463X05055132