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The Constitution of Social Practices
Taschenbuch von Kevin McMillan
Sprache: Englisch

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Practices - specific, recurrent types of human action and activity - are perhaps the most fundamental "building blocks" of social reality. This book argues that the detailed empirical study of practices is essential to effective social-scientific inquiry. It develops a philosophical infrastructure for understanding human practices, and argues that practice theory should be the analytical centrepiece of social theory and the philosophy of the social sciences.

What would social scientists' research look like if they took these insights seriously? To answer this question, the book offers an analytical framework to guide empirical research on practices in different times and places. The author explores how practices can be identified, characterised and explained, how they function in concrete contexts and how they might change over time and space.

The Constitution of Social Practices lies at the intersection of philosophy, social theory, cultural theory and the social sciences. It is essential reading for scholars in social theory and the philosophy of social science, as well as the broad range of researchers and students across the social sciences and humanities whose work stands to benefit from serious consideration of practices.
Practices - specific, recurrent types of human action and activity - are perhaps the most fundamental "building blocks" of social reality. This book argues that the detailed empirical study of practices is essential to effective social-scientific inquiry. It develops a philosophical infrastructure for understanding human practices, and argues that practice theory should be the analytical centrepiece of social theory and the philosophy of the social sciences.

What would social scientists' research look like if they took these insights seriously? To answer this question, the book offers an analytical framework to guide empirical research on practices in different times and places. The author explores how practices can be identified, characterised and explained, how they function in concrete contexts and how they might change over time and space.

The Constitution of Social Practices lies at the intersection of philosophy, social theory, cultural theory and the social sciences. It is essential reading for scholars in social theory and the philosophy of social science, as well as the broad range of researchers and students across the social sciences and humanities whose work stands to benefit from serious consideration of practices.
Über den Autor
Kevin McMillan
Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Figures

Introduction

1 A "Cultural" Approach to Social Science

2 Practice Theory Today

3 Core Ontological Commitments

4 Sketch of the Argument

5 Of Philosophy and Social Science

Chapter 1: What Are Practices?

1 Actions under a Description

2 Looping Effects

3 Historical Constitution

Chapter 2: Knowledge

1 Knowledgeable Practices

2 Conceptualising Knowledge

Chapter 3: Retroactive Redescription

1 The Validity of Retroactive Redescription

2 The Effects of Retroactive Redescription

3 Functional Concepts and Typological Classification;

4 What Is at Stake?

Chapter 4: Identification and Context

1 Identifying Practices "in All Their Specificity"

2 Relations and Relational Properties

3 Criteria of Identification

Chapter 5: Specificity and Generalisation

1 Functions

2 Implications for Generalisation, Explanation and Description

3 Patchwork Holism

Chapter 6: Possibility and Capacities

1 Possibility

2 Capacities

Chapter 7: Constitutive Relations and Constitutive Theory

1 Constitutive Theory

2 Constitutive Relations

3 Stability and Change

Conclusion

1 Culture and Action in the Social Sciences

2 Some Benefits of Studying Practices

Works Cited

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
Genre: Importe, Politikwissenschaft & Soziologie
Rubrik: Wissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
ISBN-13: 9780367229580
ISBN-10: 0367229587
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: McMillan, Kevin
Hersteller: Routledge
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 234 x 156 x 12 mm
Von/Mit: Kevin McMillan
Erscheinungsdatum: 31.01.2019
Gewicht: 0,327 kg
Artikel-ID: 128408174
Über den Autor
Kevin McMillan
Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Figures

Introduction

1 A "Cultural" Approach to Social Science

2 Practice Theory Today

3 Core Ontological Commitments

4 Sketch of the Argument

5 Of Philosophy and Social Science

Chapter 1: What Are Practices?

1 Actions under a Description

2 Looping Effects

3 Historical Constitution

Chapter 2: Knowledge

1 Knowledgeable Practices

2 Conceptualising Knowledge

Chapter 3: Retroactive Redescription

1 The Validity of Retroactive Redescription

2 The Effects of Retroactive Redescription

3 Functional Concepts and Typological Classification;

4 What Is at Stake?

Chapter 4: Identification and Context

1 Identifying Practices "in All Their Specificity"

2 Relations and Relational Properties

3 Criteria of Identification

Chapter 5: Specificity and Generalisation

1 Functions

2 Implications for Generalisation, Explanation and Description

3 Patchwork Holism

Chapter 6: Possibility and Capacities

1 Possibility

2 Capacities

Chapter 7: Constitutive Relations and Constitutive Theory

1 Constitutive Theory

2 Constitutive Relations

3 Stability and Change

Conclusion

1 Culture and Action in the Social Sciences

2 Some Benefits of Studying Practices

Works Cited

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
Genre: Importe, Politikwissenschaft & Soziologie
Rubrik: Wissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
ISBN-13: 9780367229580
ISBN-10: 0367229587
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: McMillan, Kevin
Hersteller: Routledge
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 234 x 156 x 12 mm
Von/Mit: Kevin McMillan
Erscheinungsdatum: 31.01.2019
Gewicht: 0,327 kg
Artikel-ID: 128408174
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