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27 sty 2018 · Abstract. In this chapter, we present the major anthropological currents that directly or indirectly made use of the notion of society in their theoretical reflections and analyses of empirical...
It is a solidarity that recognises the individual’s freedom to live life as it is achieved and not ascribed. In spite of the inclusion of the title ‘Body’, the book is characterised by an understanding of human experience and social life as it is primarily cognitively conceived.
This book is different. Its purpose is to lay out a research program for a cultural sociology and to show how this program can be concretely applied to some of the principal concerns of contemporary life. A great aporia marks the birth of sociology—a great, mysterious, and unexplained rupture.
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.
5 wrz 2018 · Subsequently, the entry outlines the theoretical development of social and cultural anthropology during the twentieth century and the way in which this came to a moment of decisive crisis in...
From Anthropology to Social Theory. Presenting a ground-breaking revitalisation of contemporary social theory, this book revisits the rise of the modern world to reopen the dialogue between anthropology and sociology.
4 sie 2022 · Written in a refreshingly accessible style, this fully updated 2nd edition offers the perfect introduction to social anthropology for anyone approaching the subject for the first time. It retains the logical structure of the first edition, and adds two new chapters on key issues, new end-of-chapter questions and exciting first-hand accounts
