The Society of Singularities—10 Theses
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Andreas Reckwitz
Abstract
The article summarizes the content of Andreas Reckwitz’s book The Society of Singularities in 10 theses and briefly links it to the author’s overall work. The Society of Singularities applies a practice theory approach in order to outline a theory of Western (late-)modernity which recognizes in it a basic rivalry between two logics of social evaluation: a social logic of the general and a social logic of the particular/ singular. The question arises which historical causes for the surge of the social logic of uniqueness since the 1980s can be discerned, which structural features this type of society unfolds and which social and political consequences it has.
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Artikel in diesem Heft
- Frontmatter
- Editorial
- Editorial
- Focus: Ukraine and Political Realism
- Mearsheimer, Realism, and the Ukraine War
- Realism, the War in the Ukraine, and the Limits of Diplomacy
- The End of Open Society Realism?
- Realism after Ukraine: A Critique of Geopolitical Reason from Monroe to Mearsheimer
- Discussion: Andreas Reckwitz and the Society of Singularities
- The Society of Singularities—10 Theses
- Does Practice Theory Work? Reckwitz’s Study of the ‘New Middle Class’ as an Example
- Self-Realization and Disappointment in the ‘Society of Singularities’
- The Theory of Everything: A Sympathetic Critique of Andeas Reckwitz’s The Society of Singularities
Artikel in diesem Heft
- Frontmatter
- Editorial
- Editorial
- Focus: Ukraine and Political Realism
- Mearsheimer, Realism, and the Ukraine War
- Realism, the War in the Ukraine, and the Limits of Diplomacy
- The End of Open Society Realism?
- Realism after Ukraine: A Critique of Geopolitical Reason from Monroe to Mearsheimer
- Discussion: Andreas Reckwitz and the Society of Singularities
- The Society of Singularities—10 Theses
- Does Practice Theory Work? Reckwitz’s Study of the ‘New Middle Class’ as an Example
- Self-Realization and Disappointment in the ‘Society of Singularities’
- The Theory of Everything: A Sympathetic Critique of Andeas Reckwitz’s The Society of Singularities
