Post-Praxeology
Description
The book develops a novel approach to understanding social situations as emergent, empirical phenomena. It advocates a methodology that integrates insights from process philosophy (especially Whitehead and Deleuze) and non-anthropocentric perspectives with phenomenology and ethnomethodology. Introducing the framework of post-praxeology, the book expands upon traditional ethnomethodological praxeology by embracing process philosophy's foundational concepts, such as flat ontology, distributed agency, and diverse assemblages comprising humans, nonhumans, and other material elements. The 'post' in post-praxeology signifies this shift beyond conventional praxeological concerns, presenting a comprehensive methodological stance that emphasises the emergent, situated nature of social phenomena without privileging any specific type of agent or material beforehand. The book promotes video ethnography as a principal methodological tool, uniquely enabling the detailed capture and analysis of ongoing, dynamic processes of becoming. It addresses scholars and researchers engaged in qualitative empirical research, providing a robust, innovative approach to exploring social situations across diverse empirical contexts.
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Person
Brian L. Due is professor at the Department of Nordic Studies and Linguistics at the University of Copenhagen.
Content
.- PART I THE CONTOURS OF POST-PRAXEOLOGY.
.- CHAPTER 1 DEALING WITH SITUATED SOCIOMATERIAL ASSEMBLAGES.
.- CHAPTER 2. FROM PRAXEOLOGY TO POST-PRAXEOLOGY.
.- CHAPTER 3. DOING POST-PRAXEOLOGICAL ETHNOGRAPHY.
.- PART II. SEVEN PROBLEMS FOR SOCIAL SCIENCE AND THE POST-PRAXEOLOGICAL REPLIES.
.- CHAPTER 4. THE PROBLEM OF REIFICATION - AND A COMMITMENT TO SPATIOTEMPORAL PROCESSES.
.- CHAPTER 5. THE PROBLEM OF SINGULAR AGENTS AND ENTITIES - AND A COMMITMENT TO DISTRIBUTED AGENCY.
.- CHAPTER 6. THE PROBLEM OF THE HUMAN PERSPECTIVE - AND A STANCE OF EXISTENTIAL CONCERN WITHIN MULTISPECIES ORGANISATIONS.
.- CHAPTER 7. THE PROBLEM OF MORALITY - CARE AND AN INDIFFERENT ANALYTICAL STANCE.
.- CHAPTER 8. THE PROBLEM OF ORDER - AND A COMMITMENT TO CREATIVITY.
.- CHAPTER 9. THE PROBLEM OF RELEVANCE - AND CONSEQUENTIALITY AS THE ANALYTICAL GUIDELINE.
.- CHAPTER 10. THE PROBLEM OF EMOTIONS - AND A FOCUS ON AFFECTIVE PRACTICES.
.- CHAPTER 11. THE PROCESS PHILOSOPHY OF ETHNOMETHODOLOGICAL POST-PRAXEOLOGY.