TY  - BOOK
AU  - McMillan,Kevin
TI  - The Constitution of Social Practices
T2  - Philosophy and Method in the Social Sciences
SN  - 9781315179902
AV  - H61 .M365 2017
PY  - 2017///
CY  - London
PB  - Taylor and Francis
KW  - Social sciences
KW  - Philosophy
KW  - Philosophy of Social Science
KW  - Research Methods - Soc. Policy
KW  - Social Theory
KW  - Sociology & Social Policy
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General
KW  - bisacsh
N1  - part Introduction -- chapter 1 A “cultural” approach to social science -- chapter 2 Practice theory today -- chapter 3 Core ontological commitments -- chapter 4 Sketch of the argument -- chapter 5 Of philosophy and social science -- chapter 1 What are practices? -- chapter 2 Knowledge -- chapter 3 Retroactive redescription -- chapter 4 Identification and context -- chapter 5 Specificity and generalisation -- chapter 6 Possibility and capacities -- chapter 7 Constitutive relations and constitutive theory -- part Conclusion -- chapter 1 Culture and action in the social sciences -- chapter 2 Some benefits of studying practices
N2  - 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
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ER  -