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Main Points
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Key Figures
Pierre Bourdieu
Sherry Ortner
Key Texts
Outline of a Theory of Practice by Pierre Bordieu
Anthropology and Social Theory: Culture, Power and the Acting Subject by Sherry Ortner
Sherry Ortner’s Anthropology and Social Theory draws on Practice Theory to offer solutions to modern problems. On page 3 of the book she writes that Practice Theory suggests restoring "the actor to the social process without losing sight of the larger structures that constrain (but also enable) social action". In this book Ortner rethinks key concepts of culture, agency and subjectivity in order to apply them to anthropology in the twenty-first century. The book is comprised of seven essays, both of interpretive and theoretical nature. She argues that the concept of culture needs to be reconfigured and suggests applying elements of Practice Theory in order to do this. She stresses the notion of human agency and demonstrates how social theories must build upon one another in order to be relevant in modern contexts.
Central Problems in Social Theory: Action, Structure, and Contradiction in Social Analysis by Anthony Gidden
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