Social Practices: A Wittgensteinian Approach to Human Activity and the SocialThis book addresses key topics in social theory such as the basic structures of social life, the character of human activity, and the nature of individuality. Drawing on the work of Wittgenstein, the author develops an account of social existence that argues that social practices are the fundamental phenomenon in social life. This approach offers new insight into the social formation of individuals, surpassing and critiquing the existing practice theories of Bourdieu, Giddens, Lyotard, and Oakeshott. |
Contents
MINDACTIONBODY | 19 |
THE SOCIAL CONSTITUTION OF MINDACTION | 55 |
SOCIAL PRACTICES | 88 |
DIMENSIONS OF PRACTICE THEORY | 133 |
PRACTICES AND SOCIALITY | 168 |
Individual and Totality | 210 |
| 230 | |
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Social Practices: A Wittgensteinian Approach to Human Activity and the Social Theodore R. Schatzki No preview available - 2008 |
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