title: [Social actors and phenomenologic modelling].
abstract: The phenomenological approach has a quasi-monopoly in the individual and subjectivity analyses in social sciences. However, the conceptual apparatus associated with this approach is very restrictive. The human being has to be understood as rational, conscious, intentional, interested, and autonomous. Because of this, a large dimension of human activity cannot be taken into consideration: all that does not fit into the analytical categories (nonrational, nonconscious, etc.). Moreover, this approach cannot really move toward a relational analysis unless it is between individuals predefined by its conceptual apparatus. This lack of complexity makes difficult the establishment of links between phenomenology and systemic analysis in which relation (and its derivatives such as recursiveness, dialectic, correlation) plays an essential role. This article intends to propose a way for systemic analysis to apprehend the individual with respect to his complexity.
authors.affiliation: Université Laurentienne - Sociologie, 935, chemin du lac Ramsey, Susbury Ontario P3E 2C6, Canada. slaflamme@laurentienne.ca
authors.forename: Simon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Laflamme
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D012961:Sociology