Practice Theory and the Biosocial

Microbes, Matter and Milieu

Inbunden, Engelska, 2026

AvElizabeth Shove,Stanley Blue,Mike P. Kelly

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Using recent developments in social theory, this book offers questions about how bacteria, viruses, microscopic materials and societies develop in tandem. The examples discussed – from urban infrastructures to the medieval plague and from antibiotic resistance to epigenetics –develop an account of how previous and present arrangements make some futures more likely than others and how unequal patterns of exposure and entanglement arise. This book aims to demonstrate the relevance of social and practice theories by overcoming classic distinctions between the very small and the very large, between agency and structure, and between nature and culture.

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Utgivningsdatum2026-02-01
Mått152 x 229 x 11 mm
Vikt333 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor118
FörlagBerghahn Books
ISBN9781836953395

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Elizabeth Shove is Professor of Sociology at Lancaster University and Fellow of the British Academy. She was co-director of the DEMAND Centre (Dynamics of Energy, Mobility and Demand) from 2013-2019. Elizabeth has written, co-authored or edited numerous books and papers, including Connecting Practices: Large Topics in Society and Social Theory, the Nexus of Practices (Taylor and Francis, 2022), and The Dynamics of Social Practice: Everyday Life and How It Changes (SAGE, 2012).

Introduction: Starting PointsPart I: Encounters and ExposuresChapter 1. Separation and Concentration: Water Infrastructures in PracticeChapter 2. Contagion and Circulation: How Infectious Diseases SpreadPart II: Entanglement and InterminglingChapter 3. Recursive Relations and Spatial Distributions: Antibiotics and Antimicrobial Resistance in PracticeChapter 4. Passing Through and Passing On: Beyond EmbodimentPart III: Differences and DirectionsChapter 5. Qualities and Inequalities: The Air We BreatheConclusionReferencesIndex