Hodges' Model: Welcome to the QUAD: On the 'front' - or behind the line(s)?

Hodges' model is a conceptual framework to support reflection and critical thinking. Situated, the model can help integrate all disciplines (academic and professional). Amid news items, are posts that illustrate the scope and application of the model. A bibliography and A4 template are provided in the sidebar. Welcome to the QUAD ...

Monday, October 06, 2025

On the 'front' - or behind the line(s)?

In many sources on socio-economics, politics, health policy ... I still note the challenge to represent the INDIVIDUAL and COLLECTIVE within a figure. Of course the author's subject, purpose, the context all influence the final depiction and the message to be conveyed. 

I wonder if Hodges' model can provide a starting point to explore relationships, oppositions, arguments and synergies?

Hodges' model provides an 
expansive and potentially powerful 'front' 
through its horizontal axis 
[ HUMANISTIC ↔ MECHANISTIC ].

This axis - drawn across and through the model vertically, may make it easier(?) to analyse and synthesize the relations at work and produce a diagram?

Individual
|
      INTERPERSONAL    :     SCIENCES               
HUMANISTIC =========================  MECHANISTIC      
 SOCIOLOGY  :    POLITICAL 
|
Group
INDIVIDUAL

INDIVIDUAL

GROUP - POPULATION

GROUP - POPULATION