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9781138230651: Distortion: Social Processes Beyond the Structured and Systemic
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ISBN 10 : 1138230650 ISBN 13 : 9781138230651
Editeur : Routledge, 2017

Synopsis

Distortion occurs between the intentions of actions and their outcomes. It can also occur between thoughts and actions; between words and how they are interpreted; between a statement of law and its enactment; between a vision and its artistic representation; and between a cultural tradition or habitus and its animation in contemporary contexts. Escaping the bounds of relationality, of structuration and of systemics, distortion is a form of complex connectedness that has seldom been addressed in the social sciences as a phenomenon in its own right.

This volume argues for the key importance of distortion as a concept in the social sciences, and attempts to refine it as a concept. Each chapter examines distortion in the context of an ethnographic case study, examining how its conceptualization can further comprehension of a particular ethnographic situation. It is contended that distortion is an account of the emergent or revolutionary nature of human life, an emergence that can be attached to particular antecedent conditions in a processual or temporal way yet is a transformation of the essential nature of those conditions.

Coming to terms with distortion adds significantly to the social-scientific appreciation of human activity and creativity, of conscious experience, of the nature of social interaction and exchange, and of the complexity of social milieu. Distortion should be essential reading on advanced undergraduate and postgraduate modules on social theory, contemporary issues and methodologies, communication, sociality, materiality, and intersectionality.

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À propos de l?auteur

Nigel Rapport is Professor of Anthropological and Philosophical Studies in the Department of Social Anthropology at the University of St Andrews, UK.

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Éditeur
Routledge
Date d'édition
2017
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1138230650
ISBN 13 
9781138230651
Reliure
Relié
Numéro d'édition
1
Nombre de pages
176
Éditeur
Rapport Nigel
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non disponible
Personne responsable
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9780367594763: Distortion: Social Processes Beyond the Structured and Systemic

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ISBN 10 :  0367594765 ISBN 13 :  9780367594763
Editeur : Routledge, 2020
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