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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.
THE MEANINGS OF (SOCIAL) LIFE On the Origins of a Cultural Sociology M odern men and women go about their lives without really knowing why. Why do we work for such a long time every day? Why do we finish one war only to fight another? Why are we so obsessed with technology? Why do we live in an age of scandal?
9 paź 2003 · This book presents a new approach to how culture works in contemporary societies. Exposing our everyday myths and narratives in a series of empirical studies that range from Watergate to the Holocaust, it shows how these unseen yet potent cultural structures translate into concrete actions and institutions.
7 mar 2020 · This book describes and analyses the terms, concepts and issues in social and cultural anthropology. It covers the traditions of other countries and provides the historical background necessary for the reader to understand the shifting meanings of key terms
The secret to the compulsive power of social structures is that they have an inside. They are not only external to actors but internal to them. They are meaningful. These meanings are structured and socially produced, even if they are invisible. We must learn how to make them visible.
The Meanings of Social Life: A Cultural Sociology (New York, 2003; online edn, Oxford Academic, 24 May 2012), https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195160840.002.0005, accessed 11 Sept. 2022.
4 sie 2022 · xxi, 328 pages : 24 cm. Accessible and engaging, with unique first-hand accounts from indigenous peoples, this is a truly international introduction to social anthropology. The book uses a student-friendly approach with clear and engaging writing style.
