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100			_aSchatzki, Theodore R.
245			_aSocial change in a material world
260			_aNew York _bRoutledge taylor & francis group london and new york _c2019
300			_axiv,214p.
440			_aRoutledge studies in social and political thought
500			_ainclude reference index
520			_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.
650			_aSocial change _vEconomic aspects _vSocial aspects
942			_2ddc _cBK