John Dewey and the Notion of Trans-action

A Sociological Reply on Rethinking Relations and Social Processes
1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-3-030-26382-9
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 291 Seiten, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 210 mm, Gewicht: 396 g

Reihe: Palgrave Studies in Relational Sociology

Engaging with several emerging and interconnected approaches in the social sciences, including pragmatism, system theory, processual thinking and relational thinking, this book leverages John Dewey and Arthur Bentley’s often misunderstood concept of trans-action to revisit and redefine our perceptions of social relations and social life. The contributors gathered here use trans-action in a more specific sense, showing why and how social scientists and philosophers might use the concept to better understand our social life and social problems. As the first collective sociological attempt to apply the concept of trans-action to contemporary social issues, this volume is a key reference for the growing audience of relational and processual thinkers in the social sciences and beyond.

                  

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Morgner, Christian

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Moderne Philosophische Disziplinen Pragmatismus
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Gesellschaftstheorie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Globalisierung, Transformationsprozesse

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1: Reinventing Social Relations and Processes: John Dewey and Trans-actionsChapter 2: Causation is not everything: on constitution an dtrans-actional view of social science methodologyChapter 3: There is More to Groups of People than Just Groups and People: On Trans-Actional Analysis and Nationalism StudiesChapter 4: Trans-action, a processual and relational approach to organizationsChapter 5: Trans-actions in MusicChapter 6: The Emergence of Artistic Practice: From Self-Action to Trans-actionChapter 7: Updating Dewey's Transactional Theory of Action in Connection with Evolutionary TheoryChapter 8: From Inter-action to Trans-action: Ecologizing the Social SciencesChapter 9: Human language as trans-actional autopoiesis.

Über Autor(innen)

Christian Morgner’s (University of Leicester, UK) research interests include social justice, communication, social theory and development. He previously held a Postdoctoral Research Fellowship at Hitotsubashi University, Japan, and was as a Research Affiliate at the University of Cambridge, UK. He has also held visiting fellowships at Yale University, USA; University of Lucerne, Switzerland; University of Leuven, Belgium, and the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, France.