Meaning and Moral Order : Explorations in Cultural Analysis /

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Meaning and Moral Order goes beyond classical, neoclassical, and poststructural theories of culture in its attempt to move away from problems of meaning to a more objective concept of culture. Innovative, controversial, challenging, it will compel scholars to rethink many of the assumptions on which...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wuthnow, Robert (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: London : University of California Press, 1989.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Moraal.
Zingeving.
Cultuur.
Cultuursociologie.
Culture.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • 1. Cultural Analysis
  • 2. Beyond the Problem of Meaning
  • 3. The Structure of Moral Codes
  • 4. Ritual and Moral Order
  • 5. Moral Order and Ideology
  • 6. Social Selection Among Ideological Forms
  • 7. The Moral Basis of Cultural Change
  • 8. The Institutionalization of Science
  • 9. State Structures and Cultural Reform
  • 10. Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Name Index
  • Subject Index

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