From Habits to Social Structures: Pragmatism and Contemporary Social Theory (Studies in Sociology: Symbols, Theory and Society, Band 7) - Hardcover

Gronow, Antti Juhani

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 3631615744 ISBN 13: 9783631615744

Verlag: Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften, 2011

Inhaltsangabe

Pragmatism has experienced a renaissance in social theory in recent years. This is no wonder since the so-called classical pragmatists, especially John Dewey and George Herbert Mead, outlined a highly original theory of social life. This book builds on pragmatist ideas and argues that social structures are first and foremost based on habitualized action. Thus, the insights of Dewey and Mead have profound implications for the way in which we think about many of the fundamental issues in social theory. These insights are discussed, for example, in relation to contemporary debates on the nature of intersubjectivity, institutions, the public and Pierre Bourdieu’s concept of habitus. The book shows that pragmatism offers a naturalist, action-centered way of conceptualizing culture and social structures.

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Antti Gronow is a researcher at the Department of Social Research, University of Helsinki (Finland). His main research areas are social theory, pragmatism, social cognition, and social representations.

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• Verlag: Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2011
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 3631615744
• ISBN 13: 9783631615744
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 152
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