Download or read book The Explanation of Social Action written by John Levi Martin and published by OUP USA. This book was released on 2011-08-11 with total page 411 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why questions? What explanations? -- Causality and persons -- Authority and experience -- The grid of perception -- Action in and on a world -- A social aesthetics -- Valence and habit -- Fields and games -- Explanations explained