Between Morphogenesis and Reflexivity: Some Considerations on the Contribution of Margaret S. Archer

Abstract

Margaret Archer has contributed to defining the agenda of sociological debate in a decisive way, for decades. Her works are known throughout the world, especially with reference to the association with critical realism and for the development of the morphogenetic perspective: a complex social theory that relates structure, culture and agency without reductions – or ‘conflations’. This contribution intends to pay homage to Archer’s memory by observing a joint reflection (although necessarily synthetic) between social morphogenesis and reflexivity, two key concepts of the English scholar’s work.