Toward a Theory of Social Practices A Development in Culturalist Theorizing

This article works out the main characteristics of `practice theory', a type of social theory which has been sketched by such authors as Bourdieu, Giddens, Taylor, late Foucault and others. Practice theory is presented as a conceptual alternative to other forms of social and cultural theory, ab...

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Veröffentlicht in:European journal of social theory Jg. 5; H. 2; S. 243 - 263
1. Verfasser: Reckwitz, Andreas
Format: Journal Article
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: London SAGE Publications 01.05.2002
Schlagworte:
Culture
Social Theories
Theoretical Problems
action
practice
culture
knowledge
Wittgenstein
ISSN:1368-4310, 1461-7137
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Zusammenfassung:This article works out the main characteristics of `practice theory', a type of social theory which has been sketched by such authors as Bourdieu, Giddens, Taylor, late Foucault and others. Practice theory is presented as a conceptual alternative to other forms of social and cultural theory, above all to culturalist mentalism, textualism and intersubjectivism. The article shows how practice theory and the three other cultural-theoretical vocabularies differ in their localization of the social and in their conceptualization of the body, mind, things, knowledge, discourse, structure/process and the agent.
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ISSN:1368-4310
1461-7137
DOI:10.1177/13684310222225432