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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.
Only by understanding the nature of social narrative can we see how practical meanings continue to be structured by the search for salvation. How to be saved—how to jump to the present from the past and into the future—is still of urgent social and existential concern.
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 · We no longer have to rely on navel-gazing and speculation to understand why people are the way they are; we can instead turn to solid, objective findings. This book not only summarizes what we know about people; it also offers a coherent, easy-to-understand though radical, explanation.
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 ...
Social Anthropology. Learning Resource Types. assignment_turned_in Written Assignments with Examples. This course examines how a variety of cultural traditions propose answers to the question of how to live a meaningful life.
2 kwi 2021 · Given its analytical nature, and the profusion of meanings attributed to the term sociality in anthropology – current usage suggests it is ‘capable of standing for anything and nothing’ (Long and Moore Citation 2013, 2) – it is important to establish the understanding adopted in this special issue.
