Social Practices: A Wittgensteinian Approach to Human Activity and the Social (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780521560221)

This 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.

Author: Theodore R. Schatzki
ISBN-10: 0521560225
ISBN-13: 9780521560221
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 09/13/1996
Pages: 260
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.04lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.34w x 0.93d