Experience, Caste, and the Everyday Social

Erscheinungsjahr 2020
ISBN: 978-0-19-949605-1
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 257 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 142 mm x 224 mm, Gewicht: 340 g

This book is an exploration of the nature of this 'social'; it argues that our definition of sociality is influenced largely by our everyday lives, the institutions we are part of, and the relationships we build-all of these experiences catalyse the way we see the social world and shape how we act in it. We smell, touch, and taste the social; we belong to the social (every social collection is defined by our sense of belongingness to, for instance, the family, the community, or the caste); and from all of this we understand something of the nature of the social. This volume is a theoretical interpretation of the process of the creation of the 'social' through our everyday lives-of how we construct a sense of 'identity', 'authority', and 'ethics' through sensory perceptions that we experience in our daily lives.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Guru, Gopal

Sarukkai, Sundar

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Philosophie: Allgemeines, Methoden
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Sozialisation, Soziale Interaktion, Sozialer Wandel
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Preface

- I. Introduction

- II. Conceptualizing the Social

- III. Sensing the Social

- IV. Belonging and Becoming

- V. Social Self and Identity

- VI. Authority of the Social

- VII. Metaphysical and Lived Time of the Social

- VIII. Maitri: Ethical Rationality between Different Socials

- IX. References

Über Autor(innen)

Gopal Guru is a former professor at the Centre for Political Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, and chief editor at Economic and Political Weekly.

Sundar Sarukkai is a philosopher based in Bengaluru, India.