The Social Theory of Practices: Tradition, Tacit Knowledge, and Presuppositions

by Stephen P. Turner

The concept of "practices"--whether of representation, of political or scientific traditions, or of organizational culture--is central to social theory. In this book, Stephen Turner presents the first analysis and critique of the idea of practice as it has developed in the various theoretical traditions of the social sciences and the humanities.

Understood broadly as a tacit understanding "shared" by a group, the concept of a practice has a...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226817385
• ISBN13: 9780226817385
• Release Date: May 1994
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 156 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"