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agire sociale

English translation: social behaviour

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Italian term or phrase:agire sociale
English translation:social behaviour
Entered by: Angela Arnone

09:11 Sep 2, 2005
Italian to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Economics
Italian term or phrase: agire sociale
Context:

Con molta raffinatezza, M. propone una sorta di teoria sociologica del gruppo di riferimento, quando individua le motivazioni all'_____agire sociale_____ nel "desiderio di acquistare l'approvazione altrui e di evitare il disprezzo di coloro in mezzo a cui si vive"; in particolare, gli uomini sono "molto sensibili all'approvazione o alla disapprovazione di quelli che hanno la loro stessa occupazione".

Could it be social living? Social action? (Action tastes of activism, which isn't what M. is talking about here.)
Colin Ryan (X)
Local time: 22:02
social behaviour
Explanation:
Is what I would take it to be, especially if you feel an activist slant to be too strong.
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Angela Arnone
Local time: 22:02
Grading comment
Thanks, Angela.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +4social behaviour
Angela Arnone
3social action
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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
social behaviour


Explanation:
Is what I would take it to be, especially if you feel an activist slant to be too strong.

Angela Arnone
Local time: 22:02
Meets criteria
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 11
Grading comment
Thanks, Angela.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  BrigitteHilgner: This is how I understand it, too.
14 mins
agree  Daniela Zambrini
16 mins
agree  Ivana UK
1 hr
agree  Peter Cox
4 hrs
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
social action


Explanation:
very timidly, not having time to complete the research; this may refer to the Max Weber's idea of social action as the cornerstone of sociology:
Weber, it is often said, conceived of sociology as a comprehensive science of social action. His initial theoretical focus is on the subjective meaning that humans attach to their actions in their interactions with one another within specific social contexts. In this connection, Weber distinguishes between four major types of social action...

Social action is also in the title of a book by eminent sociologist Talcott Parsons
The Structure of Social Action.

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Note added at 4 hrs 28 mins (2005-09-02 13:40:11 GMT)
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Weber did not intend social action as tinged of activism.
paola



    Reference: http://www.hewett.norfolk.sch.uk/curric/soc/weber/action.htm
    Reference: http://www.marxists.org/reference/subject/philosophy/works/u...
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Local time: 16:02
Does not meet criteria
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian
PRO pts in category: 8
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