Sociality

New Directions
1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-1-78238-666-7
Verlag: Berghahn Books

Buch, Englisch, Band 1, 228 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 337 g

Reihe: WYSE Series in Social Anthropology

The notion of 'sociality' is now widely used within the social sciences and humanities. However, what is meant by the term varies radically, and the contributors here, through compelling and wide ranging essays, identify the strengths and weaknesses of current definitions and their deployment in the social sciences. By developing their own rigorous and innovative theory of human sociality, they re-set the framework of the debate and open up new possibilities for conceptualizing other forms of sociality, such as that of animals or materials. Cases from Asia, Africa, the Americas and Europe explore the new directions of human sociality, illuminating how and why it is transformed when human beings engage with such major issues as economic downturn, climate change, new regimes of occupational and psychological therapy, technological innovations in robotics and the creation of new online, 'virtual' environments. This book is an invaluable resource, not only for research and teaching, but for anyone interested in the question of what makes us social.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Long, Nicholas J.

Moore, Henrietta L.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Figures

Acknowledgements

Chapter 1. Introduction: Sociality’s New Directions

Nicholas J. Long & Henrietta L. Moore

Chapter 2. Avatars and Robots: The Imaginary Present and the Socialities of the Inorganic

Henrietta L. Moore

Chapter 3. Imagining the World that Warrants Our Imagination: The Revelation of Ontogeny

Christina Toren

Chapter 4. Sociality and Its Dangers: Witchcraft, Intimacy and Trust

Peter Geschiere

Chapter 5. Group Belonging in Trade Unions: Idioms of Sociality in Bolivia and Argentina

Sian Lazar

Chpater 6. A Sociality of, and Beyond, ‘My-home’ in Post-corporate Japan

Anne Allison

Chapter 7. Actants Amassing (AA)

Adam Yuet Chau

Chapter 8. Doing, Being and Becoming: The Sociality of Children with Autism in Activities with Therapy Dogs and Other People

Olga Solomon

Chapter 9. Materials and Sociality

Susanne Küchler

Chapter 10. The Art of Slow Sociality: Movement, Aesthetics and Shared Understanding

Jo Vergunst and Anna Vermehren

Notes on Contributors

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Long, Nicholas J.
Nicholas J. Long is Assistant Professor in Anthropology at the London School of Economics and Political Science. He is the author of Being Malay in Indonesia (NUS/NIAS/University of Hawai’i Press, 2013) and the co-editor of Southeast Asian Perspectives on Power (Routledge, 2012) and The Social Life of Achievement (Berghahn Books, 2013).

Moore, Henrietta L.
Henrietta L. Moore is Director of the Institute for Global Prosperity, University College London where she is also Chair of Culture, Philosophy and Design. Among her recent books is Still Life: Hopes, Desires and Satisfactions (Polity Press, 2011).

Nicholas J. Long is Assistant Professor in Anthropology at the London School of Economics and Political Science. He is the author of Being Malay in Indonesia (NUS/NIAS/University of Hawai’i Press, 2013) and the co-editor of Southeast Asian Perspectives on Power (Routledge, 2012) and The Social Life of Achievement (Berghahn Books, 2013).