ISBN:
178238586X
,
9781782385868
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (210 pages)
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Amit, Vered, 1955- Thinking through sociality
DDC:
302
Keywords:
Ethnology
;
Social interaction
;
Anthropology
;
PSYCHOLOGY ; Social Psychology
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Anthropology ; Cultural
;
Anthropology
;
Ethnology
;
Social interaction
;
Electronic books
;
Aufsatzsammlung
Abstract:
As issues and circumstances investigated by anthropologists are becoming ever more diverse, the need to address social affiliation in contemporary situations of mobility, urbanity, transnational connections, individuation, media, and capital flows, has never been greater. Thinking Through Sociality combines a review of classical theories with recent theoretical innovations across a wide range of issues, locales, situations and domains. In this book, an international group of contributors train attention on the concepts of disjuncture, field, social space, sociability, organizations a
Abstract:
Introduction: thinking through sociality: the importance of mid-level concepts / Vered Amit with Sally Anderson, Viriginia Caputo, John Postill, Deborah Reed-Danahay and Gabriela Vargas-Cetina -- Disjuncture: the creativity of, and breaks in, everyday associations and routines / Vered Amit -- Fields: dynamic configurations of practices, games and Socialities / John Postill -- Social space: distance, proximity and thresholds of affinity / Deborah Reed-Danahay -- Sociability: the art of form / Sally Anderson -- Organizations: from corporations to ephemeral associations / Gabriela Vargas-Cetina -- Network: the possibilities and mobilizations of connections / Vered Amit and Virginia Caputo -- Epiloge: Sociality and uncertainty: between avowing and disavowing concepts in anthropology / Nigel Rapport.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references
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