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Social Change in a Material World.

By: Material type: TextSeries: Publisher: Oxford : Taylor & Francis Group, 2019Copyright date: ©2019Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (229 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780429628467
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 303.4
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Contents:
Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1 On changes, events, and processes -- 2 The practice plenum -- 3 The material dimension of social life -- 4 Social dynamics I: chains of activity -- 5 Social dynamics II: material events and processes -- 6 Explaining social changes -- 7 Dealing with complexity: overviews -- 8 Challenging social theoretical stalwarts -- References -- Index.
Summary: This book offers a new, practice theoretical account of social change and its explanation. Extending the author's earlier account of social life, and drawing on general ideas about events, processes, and change, the book conceptualizes social changes as configurations of significant differences in bundles of practices and material arrangements.
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Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1 On changes, events, and processes -- 2 The practice plenum -- 3 The material dimension of social life -- 4 Social dynamics I: chains of activity -- 5 Social dynamics II: material events and processes -- 6 Explaining social changes -- 7 Dealing with complexity: overviews -- 8 Challenging social theoretical stalwarts -- References -- Index.

This book offers a new, practice theoretical account of social change and its explanation. Extending the author's earlier account of social life, and drawing on general ideas about events, processes, and change, the book conceptualizes social changes as configurations of significant differences in bundles of practices and material arrangements.

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