This volume brings together prominent philosophers and sociologists to explore key dimensions of practice and practices on the background of convergences and parallels between pragmatism and practice theory.

Introduction. Questions of Practice: Related Perspectives from Pragmatism and Practice TheoryAnders Buch and Theodore R. SchatzkiPart I: Practices and the Practical Dimension1. Bodily Postures and the Normativity of Niche Construction PracticesJoseph Rouse2. Action, Practice, and Theory: Toward a Pragmatist Practice PhilosophyEmil Višňovský3. On Plural ActionsTheodore R. Schatzki4 Narrative Understanding and Originary TemporalityWilliam BlattnerPart II: Normativity5. Practices, Technae, and Two-Dimensional NormsMark Okrent6. Professionalism, Practice, and Knowledge PolicyAnders Buch and Hans Siggaard Jensen7. Pragmatist Aesthetics and the Experience of TechnologyDavid L. Hildebrand8. Somaesthetic Practice and the Question of NormsRichard ShustermanPart III: Transformation9. From Crisis to Experiment. Bourdieu & Dewey on Research Practice & CooperationTanja Bogusz10. Practices We Know By--Knowledge as TransformativeAntje Gimmler11. Practices of Self-NegationMustafa Emirbayer12. Making Much of Doing with Hearts, Heads & HandsCharlene Seigfried13. Reflections on the use of positioning theory in the sociology of intellectualsPatrick Baert

"This remarkable collection brings together a distinguished group of sociologists, philosophers, and learning theorists to present the current state of practice theory and its relation to pragmatism in their respective fields." – Stephen Turner, University of South Florida, USA