The macrocontext of (extra)ordinary presence

Abstract

"Markus Gottwald analyzes the apparent difference between a sociology of the micro level, more recently informed by the practice turn, and a perspective attuned to the macro level. Drawing on Goffman and Joachim Renn's pragmatist theory of differentiation, he uses the concept of presence in order to mediate between these apparently different epistemological approaches and thus seeks to figure out a 'technique of presentification' which may allow for a reconstruction of macro-dynamics as the absent present of micro-level practices." (Text excerpt, IAB-Doku) ((en))

Cite article

Gottwald, M. (2017): The macrocontext of (extra)ordinary presence. A methodological challenge. In: M. Gottwald, K. Kay & H. Paul (Hrsg.) (2017): (Extra)ordinary presence : Social configurations and cultural repertoires, p. 157-180.