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Book Synopsis Language, Social Structure, and Culture by :
Download or read book Language, Social Structure, and Culture written by and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 2003 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Comparing Japanese and American interaction, Language, Social Structure, and Culture argues that language use is instrumental in the construction of social structure and culture. In order to ground the work in empirical evidence, verbal interaction in similar situations Japanese and American cooking classes is compared. Unlike other studies of verbal interaction, a genre analysis approach is used to examine regular patterns at three levels of language use: interaction, discourse, and grammar. Collectively, these patterns exhibit both similarities and differences across the classes in the two cultures, creating the unique event that has been institutionalized as a cooking class in each culture. In concluding, the author suggests that genre analysis is a useful approach for cross-cultural research in that it provides information about situation-specific language use, but also information about what aspects of linguistic structure are likely to become conventionalized across languages and cultures, across situations, and across time.
Book Synopsis An Essay on Culture by : Bennett M. Berger
Download or read book An Essay on Culture written by Bennett M. Berger and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2024-07-26 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The result of thirty-five years of thought and research on culture by one of the best and most literate writers in sociology, this wide-ranging review of the meaning and study of culture is Bennett Berger at his best. Drawing on his unsurpassed knowledge of the scholarly literature and on his wealth of personal experience, Berger reviews and synthesizes recent work in cultural sociology from a materialist perspective. An Essay on Culture culminates in a call for an empirical research program focused on the relation between symbolic choices and social locations, rather than on interpretive accounts of the meanings of texts or performances. Among his unusual insights are a defense of reductionism, sympathetic accounts of peer pressure and special interests, an attempt to restore some dignity to the word “ideology,” and a fresh perspective on conspiracy theory. Scholars and students of culture will find here stunning discussions and theoretical insights on ideological work, morality and culture, and on the relations between social structure and cultural structure. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1995.
Book Synopsis Structure, Culture, and History by : Sing C. Chew
Download or read book Structure, Culture, and History written by Sing C. Chew and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2002 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Preface p. vii Part I. Structural Analysis: Past, Present, and Future 1. History of Social Structural Analysis Charles Crothers p. 3 2. Social Structure: The Future of a Concept Douglas V. Porpora p. 43 Part II. Culture and Social Structure 3. How Are Structures Meaningful? Cultural Sociology and Theories of Structure Lyn Spillman p. 63 4. Agency, Structure, and Deritualization: A Comparative Investigation of Extreme Disruptions of Social Order J. David Knottnerus p. 85 5. Global Power, Hegemonic Decline, and Culture Narratives Albert J. Bergesen p. 107 6. Situating Hybridity: The Positional Logics of a Discourse Jonathan Friedman p. 125 Part III. History and Social Structure 7. A Structural Theory of the Five Thousand Year World System Barry K. Gills and Andre Gunder Frank p. 151 8. Evolutionary Pulsations in the World System George Modelski and William R. Thompson p. 177 9. Paradigms Bridged: Institutional Materialism and World-Systemic Evolution Christopher Chase-Dunn and Thomas D. Hall p. 197 10. Ecology in Command Sing C. Chew p. 217 11. Applications of Elementary Theory to Social Structures of Antiquity Brent Simpson and David Willer p. 231 Part IV. Micro and Macro Structures: Interactions and Organizations 12. Gender, Institutions, and Difference: The Continuing Importance of Social Structure in Understanding Gender Inequality in Organizations Amy S. Wharton p. 257 13. Social Structure and Social Exchange Joseph Whitmeyer and Karen S. Cook p. 271 14. Social Organizations across Space and Time: The Policy Process, Mesodomain Analysis, and Breadth of Perspective Peter M. Hall and Patrick J.W. McGinty p. 303 15. Acts, Persons, Positions, and Institutions: Legitimating Multiple Objects and Compliance with Authority Henry A. Walker and Larry Rogers and Morris Zelditch p. 323 Index p. 341 Contributor Affiliations p. 343.
Book Synopsis The Cultural Logic of Politics in Mainland China and Taiwan by : Tianjian Shi
Download or read book The Cultural Logic of Politics in Mainland China and Taiwan written by Tianjian Shi and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2015 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book uses surveys, statistics, and case studies to explain why and how cultural norms affect political attitudes and behavior.
Download or read book Sociology written by Robert J. Brym and published by Wadsworth Publishing Company. This book was released on 2013 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "More than ever before, this book makes sociology relevant by applying sociological concepts and theories in a fun, hip way, using pop culture as the vehicle for relating to students. The new title, SOCIOLOGY: POP CULTURE TO SOCIAL STRUCTURE, underscores this approach by reflecting the book's stronger trio of themes, which 1) use pop culture to apply sociological concepts to everyday phenomena, 2) illustrate how technological change drives social change through examples that are familiar to students, and 3) engage students in thinking critically by asking them where they fit in to the larger context of social patterns in the world, and challenging them to apply sociological ideas when thinking about governmental or institutional policies. Streamlined by 15 percent in this edition, the text teaches students "how" to think sociologically, not just "what" to think, and emphasizes the importance of diversity and a global perspective. Movie reviews in the popular "Sociology at the Movies" boxes explore the sociological messages in recent movies such as The Social Network, Avatar, Milk, and many others. Up-to-date discussions of topics such as race, poverty, and religious practices are accompanied by exploration of contemporary issues related to our increasingly digital world, including examinations of how technological change shortens attention span, the Internet as an atomizing and a community-building force, and electronic surveillance and social control."--Pub.desc.
Book Synopsis Social Structure and Culture by : Hans Haferkamp
Download or read book Social Structure and Culture written by Hans Haferkamp and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2017-07-10 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Self, Social Structure, and Beliefs by : Jeffrey C. Alexander
Download or read book Self, Social Structure, and Beliefs written by Jeffrey C. Alexander and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2004-09-20 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an exploration of the creative work done by leading sociologists who were inspired by the scholarship of Neil Smelser.
Book Synopsis The Economic Doctrines of Karl Marx by : Karl Kautsky
Download or read book The Economic Doctrines of Karl Marx written by Karl Kautsky and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Social Structure, Space and Possession in Tongan Culture and Language by : Svenja Völkel
Download or read book Social Structure, Space and Possession in Tongan Culture and Language written by Svenja Völkel and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 2010-11-17 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This interdisciplinary study investigates the relationship between culture, language and cognition based on the aspects of social structure, space and possession in Tonga, Polynesia. Grounded on extensive field research, Völkel explores the subject from an anthropological as well as from a linguistic perspective. The book provides new insights into the language of respect, an honorific system which is deeply anchored in the societal hierarchy, spatial descriptions that are determined by socio-cultural and geocentric parameters, kinship terminology and possessive categories that perfectly express the system of social status inequalities among relatives. These examples impressively show that language is deeply anchored in its cultural context. Moreover, the linguistic structures reflect the underlying cognitive frame of its speakers. Just as several cultural practices (sitting order, access to land and gift exchange processes) the linguistic means are not only expressions of stratified social networks but also tools to maintain or negotiate the underlying socio-cultural system.
Book Synopsis Introduction to Sociology 2e by : Nathan J. Keirns
Download or read book Introduction to Sociology 2e written by Nathan J. Keirns and published by . This book was released on 2015-04-24 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Introduction to Sociology 2e adheres to the scope and sequence of a typical, one-semester introductory sociology course. It offers comprehensive coverage of core concepts, foundational scholars, and emerging theories, which are supported by a wealth of engaging learning materials. The textbook presents detailed section reviews with rich questions, discussions that help students apply their knowledge, and features that draw learners into the discipline in meaningful ways. The second edition retains the book's conceptual organization, aligning to most courses, and has been significantly updated to reflect the latest research and provide examples most relevant to today's students. In order to help instructors transition to the revised version, the 2e changes are described within the preface."--Website of text.
Book Synopsis Culture, Structure and Agency by : David Rubinstein
Download or read book Culture, Structure and Agency written by David Rubinstein and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2001 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book addresses two key issues in sociological theory: the debate between structural and cultural approaches and the problem of agency. It does this through looking at the work of Marx, Weber, and Durkheim and the ideas of modern theorists like Pierre Bourdieu, Anthony Giddens, and Talcott Parsons. The book examines economics, rational choice theory, network theory, ethnomethodology, and symbolic interactionism.
Book Synopsis The Survival of a Counterculture by : John Mill
Download or read book The Survival of a Counterculture written by John Mill and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-09-04 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Survival of a Counterculture is a lively, engaging look into the ways communards, or people who live in communes, maintain, modify, use, and otherwise live with their convictions while they attempt to get through the problems of everyday life. Communal families shape their norms to the circumstances they live with, just as on a larger scale nations and major institutions also shape their ideologies to the pressures of circumstance they feel. With a new introduction by the author that brings his work up to date, this volume raises important questions regarding sociological theory.
Book Synopsis Social Structure by : George Peter Murdock
Download or read book Social Structure written by George Peter Murdock and published by Franklin Classics. This book was released on 2018-10-15 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Book Synopsis Culture and Society by : Jeffrey C. Alexander
Download or read book Culture and Society written by Jeffrey C. Alexander and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1990-08-31 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brings together the major statements by the leading contemporary scholars of cultural analysis on the relationship between culture and society.
Book Synopsis Character and Social Structure: The Psychology of Social Institutions by : Hans Heinrich Gerth
Download or read book Character and Social Structure: The Psychology of Social Institutions written by Hans Heinrich Gerth and published by Franklin Classics Trade Press. This book was released on 2018-11-10 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Book Synopsis Society and Culture by : Bryan S Turner
Download or read book Society and Culture written by Bryan S Turner and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2001-04-11 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Society and Culture reclaims the classical heritage, provides a clear-eyed assessment of the promise of sociology in the 21st century and asks whether the `cultural turn′ has made the study of society redundant. Sociologists have objected to the rise of cultural studies on the grounds that it produces cultural relativism and lacks a stable research agenda. This book looks at these criticisms and illustrates the relevance of a sociological perspective in the analysis of human practice. The book argues that the classical tradition must be treated as a living tradition, rather than a period piece. It analyzes the fundamental principles of belonging and conflict in society and provides a detailed critical survey of the principal social theories that offer solutions to the challenges of modernism.
Download or read book Self and Society written by Drew Westen and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1985-10-31 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This 1985 book studies the relation between the individual and collective processes, which is central to the social sciences.
