The thesis reviews the application and development of the concept of tie in social network analyses. Although perspectives and methods are constantly changed, the concept of tie remains unchanged in different analyses...The thesis reviews the application and development of the concept of tie in social network analyses. Although perspectives and methods are constantly changed, the concept of tie remains unchanged in different analyses and different context hitherto. The author rethinks the conception of tie, and proposes that the application of tie must be undertaken beyond the analytical dimension of strength by the demundanizational reconstruction of a diachronic, asymmetrical, intersubjective and oriented concept of tie. The reconstruction of tie attempts to bridge neither the micro level interaction nor the macro level social structure. It just aims to offer a possible method to explore the chaos of everyday life.展开更多
文摘The thesis reviews the application and development of the concept of tie in social network analyses. Although perspectives and methods are constantly changed, the concept of tie remains unchanged in different analyses and different context hitherto. The author rethinks the conception of tie, and proposes that the application of tie must be undertaken beyond the analytical dimension of strength by the demundanizational reconstruction of a diachronic, asymmetrical, intersubjective and oriented concept of tie. The reconstruction of tie attempts to bridge neither the micro level interaction nor the macro level social structure. It just aims to offer a possible method to explore the chaos of everyday life.
