Practices and People

Authors

  • Ted Schatzki University of Kentucky

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21714/2238-104X2017v7i1-32735

Abstract

A perennial issue in social thought is the relationship of people to enveloping social phenomena such as structures, institutions, and systems. The present essay explores this relationship through the lens of practice theory. Theories of practice have said much about practices, a type of enveloping social phenomena, but relatively little about people. This general inattention probably has something to do with the fact that theorists of practice deny that they are individualists. The neglect is nonetheless surprising, for people are everywhere in the plenum of practices. The present essay aims to help address this situation, offering a way of thinking about practices and people according to which these two phenomena are equally real while mutually dependent and co-responsible for social life.

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Published

2017-06-29

How to Cite

Schatzki, T. (2017). Practices and People. Theory and Practice in Administration - TPA, 7(1), 26–53. https://doi.org/10.21714/2238-104X2017v7i1-32735

Issue

Vol. 7 No. 1 (2017): Jan/Jun

Section

Artigos de Pesquisa (Research Papers)

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