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unanticipated consequences of purposive social action: a standalone construct

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Sociology of knowledge

outcomes of deliberate action that actors did not intend or foresee, arising from ignorance, error, immediate interest and self-defeating predictions.

In sociology of knowledge, unanticipated consequences of purposive social action refers to outcomes of deliberate action that actors did not intend or foresee, arising from ignorance, error, immediate interest and self-defeating predictions. This meaning comes from Merton (1936) in American Sociological Review.[1]

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Merton, R. K. (1936). The Unanticipated Consequences of Purposive Social Action. American Sociological Review, 1(6), 894. https://doi.org/10.2307/2084615

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