The book develops a novel approach to understanding social situations as emergent, empirical phenomena. It advocates a methodology that integrates insights from process philosophy (especially Whitehead and Deleuze) and non-anthropocentric perspectives with phenomenology and ethnomethodology. Introducing the framework of post-praxeology, the book expands upon traditional ethnomethodological praxeology by embracing process philosophy s foundational concepts, such as flat ontology, distributed agency, and diverse assemblages comprising humans, nonhumans, and other material elements. The post in post-praxeology signifies this shift beyond conventional praxeological concerns, presenting a comprehensive methodological stance that emphasises the emergent, situated nature of social phenomena without privileging any specific type of agent or material beforehand. The book promotes video ethnography as a principal methodological tool, uniquely enabling the detailed capture and analysis of ongoing, dynamic processes of becoming. It addresses scholars and researchers engaged in qualitative empirical research, providing a robust, innovative approach to exploring social situations across diverse empirical contexts.
.- PART I THE CONTOURS OF POST-PRAXEOLOGY.
.- CHAPTER 1 DEALING WITH SITUATED SOCIOMATERIAL ASSEMBLAGES.
.- CHAPTER 2. FROM PRAXEOLOGY TO POST-PRAXEOLOGY.
.- CHAPTER 3. DOING POST-PRAXEOLOGICAL ETHNOGRAPHY.
.- PART II. SEVEN PROBLEMS FOR SOCIAL SCIENCE AND THE POST-PRAXEOLOGICAL REPLIES.
.- CHAPTER 4. THE PROBLEM OF REIFICATION AND A COMMITMENT TO SPATIOTEMPORAL PROCESSES.
.- CHAPTER 5. THE PROBLEM OF SINGULAR AGENTS AND ENTITIES - AND A COMMITMENT TO DISTRIBUTED AGENCY.
.- CHAPTER 6. THE PROBLEM OF THE HUMAN PERSPECTIVE AND A STANCE OF EXISTENTIAL CONCERN WITHIN MULTISPECIES ORGANISATIONS.
.- CHAPTER 7. THE PROBLEM OF MORALITY CARE AND AN INDIFFERENT ANALYTICAL STANCE.
.- CHAPTER 8. THE PROBLEM OF ORDER AND A COMMITMENT TO CREATIVITY.
.- CHAPTER 9. THE PROBLEM OF RELEVANCE AND CONSEQUENTIALITY AS THE ANALYTICAL GUIDELINE.
.- CHAPTER 10. THE PROBLEM OF EMOTIONS AND A FOCUS ON AFFECTIVE PRACTICES.
.- CHAPTER 11. THE PROCESS PHILOSOPHY OF ETHNOMETHODOLOGICAL POST-PRAXEOLOGY.
Brian L. Due is professor at the Department of Nordic Studies and Linguistics at the University of Copenhagen.
