Distortion: Social Processes Beyond the Structured and Systemic by Nigel Rapport

Description: Distortion by Nigel Rapport Distortion occurs between the intentions of actions and their outcomes. Escaping the bounds of relationality, of structuration and of systemics, distortion is a form of complex connectedness that has seldom been addressed in the social sciences as a phenomenon in its own right. This book argues that instances of distortion are an important and, FORMAT Paperback CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Distortion occurs between the intentions of actions and their outcomes. It can also occur between thoughts and actions; between words and how they are interpreted; between a statement of law and its enactment; between a vision and its artistic representation; and between a cultural tradition or habitus and its animation in contemporary contexts. Escaping the bounds of relationality, of structuration and of systemics, distortion is a form of complex connectedness that has seldom been addressed in the social sciences as a phenomenon in its own right. This volume argues for the key importance of distortion as a concept in the social sciences, and attempts to refine it as a concept. Each chapter examines distortion in the context of an ethnographic case study, examining how its conceptualization can further comprehension of a particular ethnographic situation. It is contended that distortion is an account of the emergent or revolutionary nature of human life, an emergence that can be attached to particular antecedent conditions in a processual or temporal way yet is a transformation of the essential nature of those conditions.Coming to terms with distortion adds significantly to the social-scientific appreciation of human activity and creativity, of conscious experience, of the nature of social interaction and exchange, and of the complexity of social milieu. Distortion should be essential reading on advanced undergraduate and postgraduate modules on social theory, contemporary issues and methodologies, communication, sociality, materiality, and intersectionality. Author Biography Nigel Rapport is Professor of Anthropological and Philosophical Studies in the Department of Social Anthropology at the University of St Andrews, UK. Table of Contents 1. Introduction: Conceptualizing the distortion of human social life 2. Contorted environments and distorted being 3. A blind mans problem: Distortion and non-responsiveness; or, the construction of non-futures in Danish bureaucracy 4. Distortion and Stanley Spencers life in art 5. The politics of paradox: Kierkegaardian theology and national conservatism in Denmark 6. Into the crack: Scottish agricultural revolutions and the art of moaning 7. Chains of distortion: Awkward relations and productive resistance in a Danish consulting company 8. Hello, can you hear me better now? Mediatized acoustemologies and distortion on the radio 9. Epi-pro-logue: An anthropological theory of distortion Details ISBN0367594765 Pages 176 Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd Year 2020 ISBN-10 0367594765 ISBN-13 9780367594763 Publication Date 2020-08-14 UK Release Date 2020-08-14 Format Paperback Imprint Routledge Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom AU Release Date 2020-08-14 NZ Release Date 2020-08-14 Series Routledge Studies in Anthropology Author Nigel Rapport Subtitle Social Processes Beyond the Structured and Systemic Edited by Nigel Rapport Alternative 9781138230651 DEWEY 305 Audience Tertiary & Higher Education We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:141893020;

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