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portada The Concept of Action (New Departures in Anthropology)
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Physical Book
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Language
English
Format
Paperback
Dimensions
23.4 x 16.2 x 1.4 cm
Weight
0.41 kg.
ISBN13
9780521719650
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The Concept of Action (New Departures in Anthropology)

Jack Sidnell (Author) · N. J. Enfield (Author) · Cambridge University Press · Paperback

The Concept of Action (New Departures in Anthropology) - Enfield, N. J. ; Sidnell, Jack

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Synopsis "The Concept of Action (New Departures in Anthropology)"

When people do things with words, how do we know what they are doing? Many scholars have assumed a category of things called actions: 'requests', 'proposals', 'complaints', 'excuses'. The idea is both convenient and intuitive, but as this book argues, it is a spurious concept of action. In interaction, a person's primary task is to decide how to respond, not to label what someone just did. The labeling of actions is a meta-level process, appropriate only when we wish to draw attention to others' behaviors in order to quiz, sanction, praise, blame, or otherwise hold them to account. This book develops a new account of action grounded in certain fundamental ideas about the nature of human sociality: that social conduct is naturally interpreted as purposeful; that human behavior is shaped under a tyranny of social accountability; and that language is our central resource for social action and reaction.

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