ABSTRACT

katascopic. Adjective used to identify the kind of social theory (e.g. that of Durkheim) which starts from a conception of society and postulates ways in which society influences the individual. See T. Geiger, ed. P. Trappe, Arbeiten zur Soziologie: Sociologische Texte, vol. 7, Neuwied, Berlin, p. 147f. See anascopic.