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Figuration

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Figuration, named by Norbert Elias, is the practice of analyzing a person's behavior and the society shaping that behavior at the same time.

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Studying a nurse's bedside manner alongside the staffing ratios and liability rules governing the ward is figuration.

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The tempting shortcut is studying the person first and adding context later; figuration says context was never separable.