This article studies how positioning theory (PT) developed into a theoretical position, and outlines a scenario for its future development. In order to do so, I will apply analytical concepts developed within PT, to PT itself. Based on a reading of texts authored and co-authored by Rom Harré, I will argue that a storyline was created, based on the plot that static conceptualisations of social reality had to be replaced by dynamic, and that although the resulting narrative was effective in terms of developing a theoretical position, it also created problems in relation to the internal coherency of PT as a theory. Finally, the article suggests that to address some of these problems, positioning theorists should seek to integrate PT further with sociological theory, rather than attempt to develop PT as a new, parallel and competing social theory.

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定位理论的发展是一个理论定位的过程

本文研究定位理论（PT）如何发展为理论立场，并为其未来发展勾勒出一个情景。为此，我将在 PT 中开发的分析概念应用于 PT 本身。基于对 Rom Harré 撰写和合着的文本的阅读，我认为故事情节是根据社会现实的静态概念化必须被动态取代的情节创建的，尽管由此产生的叙述在以下方面是有效的就发展理论立场而言，它也产生了与 PT 作为理论的内部连贯性相关的问题。最后，文章建议，为了解决其中一些问题，定位理论家应该寻求将 PT 与社会学理论进一步整合，而不是试图将 PT 发展为一种新的、平行的和竞争的社会理论。