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Placing power in practice theory

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Placing power in practice theory

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Placing power in practice theory book

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Placing power in practice theory book

ByMatt Watson
BookThe Nexus of Practices

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Edition 1st Edition
First Published 2016
Imprint Routledge
Pages 14
eBook ISBN 9781315560816

ABSTRACT

Practice theory must be able to account for power. This imperative has two sides, one intellectual and the other pragmatic. The intellectual side of the imperative comes from the ubiquity of power as a part of social relations. For practice theory, all social relations are constituted and reproduced through practices. As Schatzki states, ‘both social order and individuality… result from practices’ (1996: 13). Therefore, practice theory must be able to account for how power works. The pragmatic side of the imperative may be less compelling, as it relies on a conviction that social theory should, in part, be valued for its capacity to make a positive difference in the world. For practice theory to inform future change meaningfully (or to account convincingly for past change), it must be able to account for power.

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