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- Title
Sociology of Alcohol Consumption - In Search of a Theory.
- Authors
BREZOVEC, Erik
- Abstract
Alcohol consumption takes place in society and because of society. The "social" aspect of this phenomenon gives a meaning that manifests itself in the framework of interaction. This paper discusses basic problems of previous sociological approaches to alcohol consumption: (1) focus on a problem-oriented approach - drinking and alcoholism, (2) abstract empiricism of alcohol consumption, and (3) unclear theoretical background for a sociological approach to alcohol consumption. Focusing exclusively on alcoholism or excessive drinking neglects a number of social dimensions inherent in alcohol consumption. Therefore, when considering this phenomenon in sociological terms, clear theoretical-methodological starting points should be established in order to understand the social consumption of alcohol. The main objective of this paper was to provide a basic paradigmatic and epistemological framework for the development of a sociology of alcohol consumption. The paper starts from the assumption that two theoreticalmethodological principles should be considered: methodological individualism and methodological situationism. Each of these approaches has certain advantages and disadvantages, but in further conceptualising the paradigmatic foundations of the sociology of alcohol consumption, the paper proposed a two-level approach, that is, a synthesis of methodological situationism and methodological individualism. However, this synthesis does not constitute a theory of the sociology of alcohol consumption, but a framework for a sociological approach to the phenomenon, as well as the possibility of overcoming the problems presented in the sociological analysis of this topic.
- Subjects
ALCOHOL drinking; SEARCH theory; EMPIRICISM; SOCIOLOGICAL research; SOCIOLOGY; ALCOHOLISM; METHODOLOGICAL individualism
- Publication
Revija za Sociologiju, 2022, Vol 52, Issue 2, p213
- ISSN
0350-154X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5613/rzs.52.2.3