Pattern

Stenner, Paul (2012). Pattern. In: Lury, Celia and Wakeford, Nina eds. Inventive Methods: The Happening of the Social. Culture, Economy and the Social. Abingdon: Routledge, pp. 136–146.

URL: http://www.routledge.com/books/details/97804155748...

Abstract

This chapter articulates an account of 'pattern' as a methodological device relevant to the social sciences. 'Pattern' concerns modes of togetherness relevant to relations between unity and multiplicity as these unfold in time. A non-foundational and non-representational 'device' of pattern is developed and illustrated by way of a rethinking of Kuhn's notion of 'paradigm' and Elias' notion of 'figuration'.

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