Panrelations and Vocabularies on the Way to a Neopragmatist Synthesis for Social and Spatial Sciences

Inbunden, Engelska, 2026

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This book presents neopragmatism as a fresh theoretical framework for the social and spatial sciences. Instead of relying on fixed truths or rigid subject-object divisions, it moves beyond traditional theoretical oppositions. At its core, the book applies Richard Rorty’s vocabulary theory and a panrelationalist perspective, viewing the world as a dynamic network of relations shaped through language. This approach is enriched by insights from discourse theory, conflict theory, and actor-network theory, offering a comprehensive lens for understanding social and spatial phenomena. Concepts like landscape, region, or city are treated as contingent and contested constructions, rather than stable categories. The framework is tested through case studies on biography construction and landscape conflicts, demonstrating how it captures complexity and provides practical tools for addressing social issues.The book is intended for readers seeking both theoretical depth and practical applicability in fields such as sociology, philosophy, geography, political science, and interdisciplinary studies of society and space.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2026-05-01
Mått:155 x 235 x undefined mm
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Neopragmatic Horizontal Geographies
Antal sidor:150
Förlag:Springer Nature Switzerland AG
ISBN:9783032202383

Utforska kategorier

Sociologi inom Samhälle och politik
Filosofiska discipliner inom Filosofi och religion
Geografi inom Naturvetenskap och teknik

Mer om författaren

Dr. Dr. Olaf Kühne is Professor of Urban and Regional Development in the Department of Geography and the Institute of Political Science at the University of Tübingen, Germany.Dr. Karsten Berr is a research associate at the Chair of Urban and Regional Development at the Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen, Germany.Dr. Petra Lohmann is Professor of Architectural Theory and Philosophy of Architecture at the University of Siegen, Germany.Dr. Kai Schuster is Professor of Sociology, Social Psychology, and Architectural Psychology in the Department of Social Sciences at Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences, Germany.

Innehållsförteckning

Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Neopragmatism as a Theoretical Frame of Reference.- Chapter 3. Availability and Transcendence.- Chapter 4. From Three Worlds to Three Landscapes and from Intersubjectivity to the Emergence of Society—the Development of a Quasi-Ontological Structural Analysis Framework.- Chapter 5. The Dynamic Dimension of Language—From a Comparison of Discourse Theories as a Basis for Considerations to the Expansion of Vocabularies Theory.- Chapter 6. Vocabularies and Their Redescriptions—Towards an Operationalization of Vocabularies Theory.- Chapter 7. The Fundamentals of a Panrelational Understanding of the World.- Chapter 8. Draft of a Vocabularies-Theoretical Panrelationalist Approach to Neopragmatist Social and Spatial Research.- Chapter 9. Case Studies: Vocabularies and Panrelations—The Construction of (One’s Own) Biography and Landscape Conflicts.- Chapter 10. Conclusion.