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A field that examines how conceptions of reason and rationality are socially produced, contested, and institutionalized. It studies how rationality standards vary across cultures, professions, and historical periods; how institutions enforce particular rationalities (e.g., market rationality in economics, algorithmic rationality in tech); and how claims to rationality can serve as forms of social power. It challenges the notion of a single, universal rationality, showing instead that rationalities are multiple and socially embedded.
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