Theory

Evolutionist

Diffustionist

Pyschoanalytic

Historical
Particularism

Functionalist (societal)

Structuralist

Interpretivist

Contructivist

 

Functionalist (individual focus) - as exemplified by Bronislaw Malinowski (1884 - 1942)
(often grouped along with structural-functionalist)

Bronislaw Malinowski
Malinowski was noted for his field work among the Trobriand Islanders, the research of which appeared in such classic works as Argonauts of the Western Pacific (1961). Question asked: like Durkheim, concern for how things function and not temporally ordered or their origins, but turned question around - how does society support the individual? And specifically, what reduces an individual's anxiety of the uncertain? Key points:

 

Theory

Evolutionist

Diffustionist

Pyschoanalytic

Historical
Particularism

Functionalist (societal)

Structuralist

Interpretivist

Contructivist

 

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