From Habits to Social Structures

Antti Juhani Gronow

ISBN 10: 3631615744 / ISBN 13: 9783631615744

Verlag: Peter Lang Ltd. International Academic Publishers Mrz 2011, 2011

Beschreibung

This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -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. 150 pp. Englisch.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9783631615744

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: From Habits to Social Structures
• Verlag: Peter Lang Ltd. International Academic Publishers Mrz 2011
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2011
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 3631615744
• ISBN-13: 9783631615744
• Einband: Buch
• Zustand: Neu
• Abmessungen: 210B x 148 H x 13 T Millimeter Breite: 210 mm, Höhe: 148 mm, Tiefe: 13 mm
• Gewicht: 310 Gramm

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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.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

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.