Practices and actions: a Wittgensteinian critique of Bourdieu and Giddens

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Social theorists adopt the concept of individuality and totality to identify the nature of social life. Practice theorists strongly support the proposition that practical understanding and intelligibility are articulated in practices. Bourdieu's and Giddens' analyses illuminate the relationship between practices and actions in an intellectualized manner which has been highly criticized by other scholars.

Individualism, Social sciences, Bourdieu, Pierre, Social action, Social scientists, Individuality

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How not to structure a social theory: A reply to a critical response

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The author of 'The Structure of Social Theory' responds to Karsten Stueber's objections to his criticisms of contemporary social theory. Stueber's advocacy of a return to a dualistic ontology of structure and agency is opposed and the ontology of social relations against ontological dualism is re-affirmed.

Social philosophy, Philosophical literature, The Structure of Social Theory (Book)

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The accidental derogation of the lay actor: a critique of Giddens's concept of structure

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The concept of structure in Anthony Giddens's structuration theory is discussed, with a focus on the role of lay actors. Topics include practical consciousness, structure, the hermeneutic critique of structure, the problem of social change, and the superfluity of structure.

Social structure

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