01829nam a22001817a 4500999001700000020001800017082001700035100002600052245003800078260007300116300001400189440005400203500002800257520113700285650005201422942001201474952016101486  c26664d26664  a9780367144531  a303.4bSCH-S  aSchatzki, Theodore R.  aSocial change in a material world  aNew YorkbRoutledge taylor & francis group london and new yorkc2019  axiv,214p.  aRoutledge studies in social and political thought  ainclude reference index  aSocial 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.  aSocial changevEconomic aspectsvSocial aspects  2ddccBK  00104070aNASSDOCbNASSDOCd2021-03-24eOverseas Press India Private Limitedg2489.75l0o303.4 SCH-Sp51407r2021-03-24 00:00:00v3506.70w2021-03-24yBK