Against essentialism : a theory of culture and society /
Annotation Against Essentialism presents a sociological theory of culture. This interdisciplinary and foundational work deals with basic issues common to current debates in social theory, including society, culture, meaning, truth, and communication. Stephan Fuchs argues that many mysteries about th...
| Основен автор: | Fuchs, Stephan, 1958- |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Cambridge, Mass. :
Harvard University Press,
2001.
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| Серия: |
Jerusalem-Harvard lectures.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=282177 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Against essentialism. |
| Резюме: |
Annotation Against Essentialism presents a sociological theory of culture. This interdisciplinary and foundational work deals with basic issues common to current debates in social theory, including society, culture, meaning, truth, and communication. Stephan Fuchs argues that many mysteries about these concepts lose their mysteriousness when dynamic variations are introduced. Fuchs proposes a theory of culture and society that merges two core traditions--American network theory and European (Luhmannian) systems theory. His book distinguishes four major types of social "observers"--Encounters, groups, organizations, and networks. Society takes place in these four modes of association. Each generates levels of observation linked with each other into a "culture"--the unity of these observations. Against Essentialism presents a groundbreaking new approach to the construction of society, culture, and personhood. The book invites both social scientists and philosophers to see what happens when essentialism is abandoned. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (ix, 380 pages). |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 341-365) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780674037410 0674037413 |