Redefining Reality: A Solution to the Paradox of Emancipation

Abstract

In this article I propose that a “redefined” standard of truth offers a means through which to develop a united theoretical and methodological framework for sociological science. I argue that, although human agency needs to be defined in terms that are antithetical to social structural constraint, agency and social structure must also be compatible and co-productive. As such, I also assert that the micro level of individual behavior is interactively linked to macro structures through the medium of three dimensional power. Finally, redefined truth facilitates a broader and more inclusive definition of sociological subject matter, while also advocating an improved alternative to the conventional notion of “good science.”