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008			180706s2017 xx a o 000 0 eng d
020			_a9781315179902 _q(e-book : PDF)
020			_a9781351717724 _q(e-book: Mobi)
020			_z9781138894617 _q(hardback)
024	7		_a10.4324/9781315179902 _2doi
035			_a(OCoLC)994543863
040			_aFlBoTFG _cFlBoTFG _erda
050		4	_aH61 _b.M365 2017
100	1		_aMcMillan, Kevin, _eauthor.
245	1	4	_aThe Constitution of Social Practices / _cKevin McMillan.
250			_aFirst edition.
264		1	_aLondon : _bTaylor and Francis, _c2017.
300			_a1 online resource (244 pages)
336			_atext _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _2rdacarrier
490	0		_aPhilosophy and Method in the Social Sciences
505	0		_apart 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.
520	2		_aPractices – 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.
650		0	_aSocial sciences _xPhilosophy.
650	0	4	_aPhilosophy of Social Science
650	0	4	_aResearch Methods - Soc. Policy
650	0	4	_aSocial Theory
650	0	4	_aSociology & Social Policy
650	0	7	_aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General _2bisacsh
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9781138894617 _w(DLC) 2017019485
856	4	0	_uhttps://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781315179902 _zClick here to view.
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