{{Use Oxford spelling|date=August 2020}}'''Elisionism''' is a philosophical standpoint encompassing various social theories. Elisionist theories are diverse; however, they are unified in their adherence to process philosophy as well as their assumption that the social and the individual cannot be separated.{{sfn|Sawyer|2005|p=175}} The term ''elisionism'' was coined by Margaret Archer in 1995 in the book ''Realist Social Theory: The Morphogenetic Approach''.{{sfnm |1a1=Archer |1y=1995 |1p=60 |2a1=Sawyer |2y=2005 |2p=125}} Elisionism is often contrasted with holism, atomism, and emergentism.{{sfn|Creaven|2000|p=6}}
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===Bibliography=== {{refbegin|35em|indent=yes}} * {{cite book |last=Archer |first=Margaret S. |author-link=Margaret Archer |year=1995 |title=Realist Social Theory: The Morphogenetic Approach |location=Cambridge, England |publisher=Cambridge University Press |doi=10.1017/CBO9780511557675 |isbn=978-0-521-48442-8 }} * {{cite book |last=Creaven |first=Sean |year=2000 |title=Marxism and Realism: A Materialistic Application of Realism in the Social Sciences |location=London |publisher=Routledge |doi=10.4324/9780203186114 |isbn=978-0-415-23622-5 }} * {{cite book |last=Sawyer |first=R. Keith |author-link=Keith Sawyer |year=2005 |title=Social Emergence: Societies as Complex Systems |location=New York |publisher=Cambridge University Press |doi=10.1017/CBO9780511734892 |isbn=978-0-521-84464-2 }} {{refend}}
Category:Monism Category:Process philosophy Category:Social theories
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