Rethinking Order: Idioms of Stability and De-stabilization by Nicole Falkenhayner, Andreas Langenohl, Kacper Szulecki, Doris Schweitzer, Johannes Scheu (Paperback, 2015)
Stability is at the core of every discussion of order, organization or institutionalization. From an inside perspective, the stability of each order-constituting element is assumed. In contrast, in critical discourses instability (e.g. through ambiguity, or non-control) is located at the outside of the social order as its negative. By treating this argumentative symmetrical structure as idioms of stability and de-stabilization , the articles try to rethink order: How can we describe structures from a perspective in which instability, non-control and irrationality are not contrary to ordering systems, but contribute to their stability? How might the notions of identity, knowledge and institution in social and cultural studies be contested by this change of perspective?
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Publisher
Transcript Verlag
ISBN-13
9783837624724
eBay Product ID (ePID)
208762715
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Book Title
Rethinking Order: Idioms of Stability and De-Stabilization
Author
Nicole Falkenhayner, Andreas Langenohl, Kacper Szulecki, Doris Schweitzer, Johannes Scheu
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Publication Year
2015
Number of Pages
280 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
226mm
Item Width
147mm
Item Weight
1000 g
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Series Title
Culture & Theory (COL)
Editor
Andreas Langenohl, Nicole Falkenhayner, Doris Schweitzer, Johannes Scheu, Kacper Szulecki