ABSTRACT

This book provides an exciting and diverse philosophical exploration of the role of practice and practices in human activity. It contains original essays and critiques of this philosophical and sociological attempt to move beyond current problematic ways of thinking in the humanities and social sciences. It will be useful across many disciplines, including philosophy, sociology, science, cultural theory, history and anthropology.

chapter |14 pages

Introduction

part |1 pages

Part I Practices and social orders

part |1 pages

Part II Inside practices

chapter 7|14 pages

What is tacit knowledge?

chapter 8|11 pages

Throwing out the tacit rule book

part |1 pages

Part III Posthumanist challenges