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Explaining culture : the social pursuit of subjective order /
This provocative book offers a new theory of culture with a unique focus on our aesthetic response to order and meaningfulness. After first identifying the basic principles of aesthetic valuation, then describing the three dimensions of producing shared meaningfulness, it explains the appeal of such...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Lanham, Md. :
Lexington Books,
©2012.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | This provocative book offers a new theory of culture with a unique focus on our aesthetic response to order and meaningfulness. After first identifying the basic principles of aesthetic valuation, then describing the three dimensions of producing shared meaningfulness, it explains the appeal of such things as myth, ritual, symbol, humor, conversation, identity, stereotypes, change, religion, organizational culture, solidarity, and how all of those things vary according to positions within social structure. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (x, 151 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780739175422 0739175424 1280779012 9781280779015 9786613689405 6613689408 |