Full Description
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.
Contents
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
