Thinking Through Sociality

An Anthropological Interrogation of Key Concepts
Herausgeber: Amit, Vered

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Combines a review of classical theories with recent theoretical innovations across a wide range of issues and domains An international group of contributors examine concepts of disjuncture and social space

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Berghahn Books
• Seitenzahl: 218
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Februar 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 473g
• ISBN-13: 9781782385851
• ISBN-10: 1782385851
• Artikelnr.: 42318428

Autorenporträt

Vered Amit is Professor of Anthropology at Concordia University in Montreal, Canada. Her recent publications include, as co-author with Nigel Rapport, Community, Cosmopolitanism and the Problem of Human Commonality (Pluto, 2012), and as editor Thinking through Sociality: An Anthropological Interrogation of Key Concepts (2015).

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
Introduction:Thinking through Sociality: The Importance of Mid-Level
Concepts
Vered Amit with Sally Anderson, Virginia Caputo, John Postill, Deborah
Reed-Danahay, and Gabriela Vargas-Cetina
Chapter 1. Disjuncture: The Creativity of, and Breaks in, Everyday
Associations and Routines
Vered Amit
Chapter 2. Fields: Dynamic Configurations of Practices, Games and
Socialities
John Postill
Chapter 3. Social Space: Distance, Proximity, and Thresholds of Affinity
Deborah Reed-Danahay
Chapter 4. Sociability: The Art of Form
Sally Anderson
Chapter 5. Organizations: From Corporations to Ephemeral Associations
Gabriela Vargas-Cetina
Chapter 6. Network: The Possibilities and Mobilizations of Connections
Vered Amit and Virginia Caputo
Epilogue: Sociality and Uncertainty: Between Avowing and Disavowing
Concepts in Anthropology
Nigel Rapport
Notes on Contributors