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  • Chapter 5 - Pragmatism and Routine Dynamics

  • from Part I - Theoretical Resources for Routine Dynamics Research
  • Edited by Martha S. Feldman, University of California, Irvine, Brian T. Pentland, Michigan State University, Luciana D'Adderio, University of Edinburgh, Katharina Dittrich, University of Warwick, Claus Rerup, David Seidl
  • Book:
    Cambridge Handbook of Routine Dynamics
    Published online:
    11 December 2021
    Print publication:
    16 December 2021, pp 62-72

  • Summary

    The ideas of classical pragmatists receive increasing attention by scholars working in diverse fields, who realize their fertility in addressing contemporary theoretical and practical challenges. Pragmatism, as a philosophical perspective, embraces a processual view of the world according to which what really exists is ‘in the making,’ in a process of becoming, and places great attention to action and its meaningful experience. In this chapter, I introduce the common themes in the work of the founding figures of classical pragmatism and examine their convergence with the theoretical assumptions underpinning routine dynamics theorizing. I trace the influence of pragmatism in routine dynamics research and suggest that pragmatist thinking has much to offer to the study of routines as dynamic, processual phenomena.