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Social practices : a Wittgensteinian approach to human activity and the social
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Social practices : a Wittgensteinian approach to human activity and the social

Author: Theodore R Schatzki
Publisher: New York : Cambridge University Press, 1996.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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This book addresses key issues 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, while respecting the multiplicity and heterogeneity emphasized in recent  Read more...
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Named Person: Ludwig Wittgenstein; Wittgenstein; Wittgenstein; Ludwig Wittgenstein
Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Theodore R Schatzki
ISBN: 0521560225 9780521560221
OCLC Number: 33334500
Description: xii, 242 p. ; 23 cm.
Contents: 1. The Emergence of Practice --
2. Mind/Action/Body --
3. The Social Constitution of Mind/Action and Body --
4. Social Practices --
5. Dimensions of Practice Theory --
6. Practices and Sociality --
Postscript: Individual and Totality.
Responsibility: Theodore R. Schatzki.
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Abstract:

This book addresses key issues 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, while respecting the multiplicity and heterogeneity emphasized in recent social thought, offers new insight into the social constitution of individuals, surpassing and critiquing the existing practice theories of Bourdieu, Giddens, and Lyotard. The author thereby shows the relevance of Wittgenstein's work to a range of social theoretic issues to which it hitherto has not been applied. The book will be of particular interest to social and continental philosophers, philosophers of the social sciences, a wide range of social theorists in sociology and political science, as well as some literary theorists.

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