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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.
9 paź 2003 · 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.
16 cze 2005 · This book not only summarizes what we know about people; it also offers a coherent, easy-to-understand though radical, explanation. Turning conventional wisdom on its head, the author argues that culture shaped human evolution.
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.
9 paź 2003 · Download Citation | The Meanings of Social Life: A Cultural Sociology | This book presents a new approach to how culture works in contemporary societies. Exposing our everyday myths and...
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.
