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This introductory chapter discusses the theme of this volume, which is about social life and cultural sociology.
The term society is the most fundamental one in social anthropology. But still it is one of the most vague and general concepts in sociologist’s vocabulary. The term ‘society’ is derived from the Latin word ‘socius’, which means companionship or friendship. Companionship means sociability.
Social anthropology is the study of human society and cultures. Social anthropologists seek to understand how people live in societies and how they make their lives meaningful.
Culture is understood here in its wide anthropological and sociological sense; by the subjects of culture, the author means individual producers, informal groups and social movements, NGOs, subjects of social economics, etc.
9 paź 2003 · Its discourse defines the nature of civil and uncivil motives and relationships, and its institutions, both communicative and regulative, crystallize these collective meanings...
Introduction The meanings of (social) life: On the Origins of a Cultural Sociology Notes 1 The Strong Program In Cultural Sociology: Elements of a Structural Hermeneutics (with Philip Smith)
16 cze 2005 · Share. Abstract. What makes us human? Why do people think, feel, and act as they do? What is the essence of human nature? What is the basic relationship between the individual and society? These questions have fascinated people for centuries.
