Sociality [[electronic resource] ] : new directions / / edited by Nicholas J. Long and Henrietta L. Moore

• Pubblicazione: New York, : Berghahn Books, 2013
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (228 p.)
• Disciplina: 302
• Soggetto topico: Ethnology; Social groups; Social action; Collective behavior
• Classificazione: LB 39000
• Altri autori: LongNicholas J MooreHenrietta L
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: CONTENTS; List of Figures; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Sociality's New Directions; 1. Avatars and Robots: The Imaginary Present and the Socialitiesof the Inorganic; 2. Imagining the World that Warrants Our Imagination:The Revelation of Ontogeny; 3. Sociality and Its Dangers: Witchcraft, Intimacy and Trust; 4. Group Belonging in Trade Unions: Idioms of Sociality in Boliviaand Argentina; 5. Utopian Sociality. Online; 6. A Sociality of, and Beyond, 'My-home' in Post-corporate Japan; 7. Actants Amassing (AA) ; 8. Doing, Being and Becoming: The Sociality of Children withAutism in Activities with Therapy Dogs and Other People9. Materials and Sociality; 10. The Art of Slow Sociality: Movement, Aesthetics and SharedUnderstanding; Notes on Contributors; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: The notion of 'sociality' is now widely used within the social sciences and humanities. However, what is meant by the term varies radically, and the contributors here, through compelling and wide ranging essays, identify the strengths and weaknesses of current definitions and their deployment in the social sciences. By developing their own rigorous and innovative theory of human sociality, they re-set the framework of the debate and open up new possibilities for conceptualizing other forms of sociality, such as that of animals or materials. Cases from Asia, Africa, the Americas and Europe expl
• Titolo autorizzato: Sociality
• ISBN: 1-283-86653-6; 0-85745-790-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910779365503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: WYSE Series in Social Anthropology