| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 274 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 266-271) and index. |
| Contents |
Collective intentionality and the construction of the social world -- Collective intentionality -- Conceptual activity, rule following, and social practices -- Account of social practices -- Collective acceptance account of collective-social notions -- Social institutions -- Social practices in a dynamic context: a mathematical analysis. |
| Summary |
Raimo Tuomela shows how social practices (for example customs and traditions) are 'building blocks of society', and he offers a clear and powerful account of the way in which social institutions are constructed from these building blocks as established, interconnected sets of social practices with a special new social status. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Collective behavior.
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Collective behavior. |
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Social psychology.
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Social psychology. |
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Manners and customs.
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Manners and customs. |
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Social institutions.
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Social institutions. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Tuomela, Raimo. Philosophy of social practices. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2002 0521818605 (DLC) 2002023790 (OCoLC)49332334 |
| ISBN |
0511020775 (electronic book) |
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9780511020773 (electronic book) |
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0521818605 |
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9780521818605 |
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0511054572 |
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9780511054570 |
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