Andreas Reckwitz (Prof. Dr.), geb. 1970, hat den Lehrstuhl für Allgemeine Soziologie und Kultursoziologie an der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin inne. Neben zahlreichen Gatsprofessuren und Forschungsaufenthalten war er Professor an der Universität Konstanz und Professor an der Europa-Universität Viadrina in Frankfurt/ Oder. 2019 erhielt er den Leibniz-Preis der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft.

Andreas Reckwitz is one of the most important contemporary German social and cultural theorists. His books, from 'The Transformation of Cultural Theories' through to 'The Invention of Creativity' have received a broad audience, well beyond the boundaries of sociology. This volume gathers together current essays by Andreas Reckwitz which deal with two ways of approaching a problem: in which ways is late modernity governed by a creativity imperative that forces a corresponding societal structure of aestheticization, innovation and visibility? And what form should a 'theory of social practices' take, if it is to guide such an analysis of society?