Article Title：Wittgenstein and the social context of an individual life
Abstract：
This article argues that two significant implications of Wittgenstein's writings for social thought are (1) that people are constitutively social beings and (2) that the social context of an individual life is nexuses of practice. Part one concretizes these ideas by examining the constitution of action within practices. It begins by criticizing three arguments of Winch's that suggest that action is inherently social. It then spells out two arguments for the practice constitution of action that are extractable from Wittgenstein's remarks. Part two contrasts the conception of the social context of individual life as practices with three historically significant conceptions of such a context: totality; sui generis reality; and abstract structure. It also circumscribes that contemporary movement - practice theory - that develops the Wittgensteinian position and represents, perhaps, his most significant legacy for social thought.
Keywords: constitution of the individual; practices; sociality; Winch; Wittgenstein
DOI: 10.1177/09526950022120629
Source：HISTORY OF THE HUMAN SCIENCES
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