Post-Praxeology

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.