Symbolic interactionism, resolutely empirical in practice, shares theoretical concerns with cultural studies and humanistic discourse. Recognizing that the humanities have engaged many of the important intellectual currents of the last twenty-five years in ways that sociology ha…
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Symbolic interactionism, resolutely empirical in practice, shares theoretical concerns with cultural studies and humanistic discourse. Recognizing that the humanities have engaged many of the important intellectual currents of the last twenty-five years in ways that sociology ha…
This book considers the state of the culture concept in anthropology and finds fault with a 'love it or leave it' attitude. Rather than pledging undying allegiance or summarily dismissing it, the volume argues that anthropology can continue with or without a concept of culture, …
Culture is a vexed concept within anthropology. From their earliest studies, anthropologists have often noted the emotional attachment of people to their customs, even in cases where this loyalty can make for problems. Do anthropologists now suffer the same kind of disability wi…
"The ten papers in this volume offer different versions of how and where anthropologists might usefully work in today's world, converging on the issue of how anthropology can best recapture the progressive character its basic concepts, such as 'culture', once had"--Back cover
"The ten papers in this volume offer different versions of how and where anthropologists might usefully work in today's world, converging on the issue of how anthropology can best recapture the progressive character its basic concepts, such as 'culture', once had"--Back cover.
Beyond the cultural turn: new directions in the study of society and culture
by Seigel, Jerrold, Rose, Sonya O., Jacob, Margaret C., Sewell, William H.,, Jr, Feierman, Steven, Biernacki, Richard, Bynum, Caroline, Halttunen, Karen, Somers, Margaret R.
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Nothing has generated more controversy in the social sciences than the turn toward culture, variously known as the linguistic turn, culturalism, or postmodernism. This book examines the impact of the cultural turn on two prominent social science disciplines, history and sociolog…
Nothing has generated more controversy in the social sciences than the turn toward culture, variously known as the linguistic turn, culturalism, or postmodernism. This book examines the impact of the cultural turn on two prominent social science disciplines, history and sociolog…
