01656nam a22001697a 4500 26664 26664 9780367144531 303.4 SCH-S Schatzki, Theodore R. Social change in a material world New York Routledge taylor & francis group london and new york 2019 xiv,214p. Routledge studies in social and political thought include reference index Social Change in a Material World offers a new, practice theoretical account of social change and its explanation. Extending the author's earlier account of social life, and drawing on general ideas about events, processes, and change, the book conceptualizes social changes as configurations of significant differences in bundles of practices and material arrangements. Illustrated with examples from the history of bourbon distillation and the formation and evolution of digitally-mediated associations in contemporary life, the book argues that chains of activity combine with material events and processes to cause social changes. The book thereby stresses the significance of the material dimension of society for the constitution, determination, and explanation of social phenomena, as well as the types of space needed to understand them. The book also challenges the explanatory significance of such key phenomena as power, dependence, relations, mechanisms, and individual behavior. As such, it will appeal to sociologists, geographers, organization studies scholars, and others interested in social life and social change. Social change Economic aspects Social aspects ddc BK 0 0 0 0 NASSDOC NASSDOC 2021-03-24 Overseas Press India Private Limited 2489.75 0 303.4 SCH-S 51407 2021-03-24 00:00:00 3506.70 2021-03-24 BK