Practical Action
Wittgenstein, pragmatism and sociology
Published on 19. September 2017
Book
Paperback/Softback
132 pages
978-3-8417-3395-5 (ISBN)
Description
This book intends to delineate a pluralist and dynamic model of practical action which would fully take into account the modern conception of agency that is by and large prevailing in current social sciences research. Such a model is needed in order to challenge the one the cognitive sciences are trying to impose on our understanding of the relationship between knowledge and action. It will do so by way of exposing the family resemblances connecting Wittgenstein's theses on knowing, the pragmatist outlook on inquiry and the interactionist analysis of action in common. Its main aim is hinting at the way such a rapprochement might help opening up new avenues of investigation allowing for a plainly contextual conception of human collective behaviour.
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Language
English
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Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 220 mm
Width: 150 mm
Thickness: 8 mm
Weight
215 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-8417-3395-5 (9783841733955)
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Albert Ogien is research director at the CNRS. He currently works on the sociology of action (La sociologie après Wittgenstein ; Les règles de la pratique sociologique) ; and has recently published, with Sandra Laugier, a wide-ranging inquiry on the experience of democracy (Pourquoi désobéir en démocratie?; Le Principe démocratie; Antidémocratie).