{"product_id":"sociality-9780857457899","title":"Sociality","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t“\u003cem\u003eThis book reclaims sociality as a research domain for socio-cultural anthropology, as it clearly emphasises the processual and biosocial character of sociality instead of looking at it as a product of social relations or as a biological capacity. The ethnographic case studies provide fine examples of the ever-changing forms in which humans relate to each other, to animals and to the environment, and of how they infuse objects and actions with meaning, as well as anticipate the future and imagine possible worlds.\u003c\/em\u003e”\u003cstrong\u003e  ·  Social Anthropology\/Anthropologie Sociale\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e\"An ambitious book that aims to put both the concept and changing empirical status of sociality at the center of the agenda of anthropology and the social sciences more broadly… The contributions are all at a high level\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cem\u003e\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e  ·  Webb Keane\u003c\/strong\u003e, University of Michigan\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tList of Figures\u003cbr\u003e \tAcknowledgements\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 1. \u003c\/strong\u003eIntroduction: Sociality’s New Directions\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eNicholas J. Long \u0026amp; Henrietta L. Moore\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 2. \u003c\/strong\u003eAvatars and Robots: The Imaginary Present and the Socialities of the Inorganic\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eHenrietta L. Moore \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 3.\u003c\/strong\u003e Imagining the World that Warrants Our Imagination: The Revelation of Ontogeny\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eChristina Toren\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 4. \u003c\/strong\u003eSociality and Its Dangers: Witchcraft, Intimacy and Trust\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003ePeter Geschiere\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 5. \u003c\/strong\u003eGroup Belonging in Trade Unions: Idioms of Sociality in Bolivia and Argentina\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eSian Lazar\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChpater 6.\u003c\/strong\u003e A Sociality of, and Beyond, ‘My-home’ in Post-corporate Japan\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eAnne Allison \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 7. \u003c\/strong\u003eActants Amassing (AA)\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eAdam Yuet Chau\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 8. \u003c\/strong\u003eDoing, Being and Becoming: The Sociality of Children with Autism in Activities with Therapy Dogs and Other People\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eOlga Solomon\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 9. \u003c\/strong\u003eMaterials and Sociality\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eSusanne Küchler\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 10.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Art of Slow Sociality: Movement, Aesthetics and Shared Understanding\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eJo Vergunst and Anna Vermehren\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tNotes on Contributors\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51038916116823,"sku":"9780857457899","price":89.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780857457899.jpg?v=1750941926","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/sociality-9780857457899","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}