Social reality has been, and is, usually appraised on the basis of a structure-process-structure (s-p-s) syndrome. But that attempt may avoid historicity in the course of formation of the initial structure. Therefore, the syndrome should be process-structure-process (p-s-p), which calls for a different conception and methodology. For that attempt, culture acquired a pivotal bearing because structure represents what has happened in history, and that is culture which may be defined as the valorization of capital in human perception and behaviour. The issue of the efficiency of the p-s-p or s-p-s syndrome is not resolved yet. However, it may become very important in the development of sociology in the 21st century.
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