Society and Its Metaphors
Title | Society and Its Metaphors PDF eBook |
Author | Jose Lopez |
Publisher | A&C Black |
Pages | 194 |
Release | 2003-02-01 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 1847143733 |
Both classical and contemporary social theorists have created a range of frameworks to formulate and develop concepts of social structure. Focusing on the work of the key theorists, Emile Durkheim, Karl Marx, Max Weber, Talcott Parsons and Louis Althusser, Society and its Metaphors maps the linguistic basis of different theories of social structure.
Society and Its Metaphors
Title | Society and Its Metaphors PDF eBook |
Author | Jose Lopez |
Publisher | Continuum |
Pages | 194 |
Release | 2003-03-31 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 9780826463852 |
Both classical and contemporary social theorists have created a range of frameworks to formulate and develop concepts of social structure. Focusing on the work of the key theorists, Emile Durkheim, Karl Marx, Max Weber, Talcott Parsons and Louis Althusser, Society and its Metaphors maps the linguistic basis of different theories of social structure.
The Metaphorical Society
Title | The Metaphorical Society PDF eBook |
Author | Daniel Rigney |
Publisher | Rowman & Littlefield Publishers |
Pages | 254 |
Release | 2001-03-21 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1461644801 |
This book introduces the novice reader to modern social theory through the creative exploration of eight major metaphors that have shaped Western understandings of human society. Rigney vividly yet concisely examines each major theoretical perspective in sociology, including functionalism, conflict theory, rational choice, and symbolic interactionism. He shows how each of these theories is rooted in a particular metaphorical tradition. Over decades and centuries, Rigney argues, social theorists have variously likened societies to organisms and living systems, to machines, battlefields, legal systems, marketplaces, games, theatrical productions, and discourses. Most interestingly, Rigney deftly shows how nearly all Western social theories fit with one or more of the metaphors. He emphasizes a humanistic understanding of society with an emphasis on the creative agency of social actors and communities. The book offers students a rich understanding of social theory, yet it is simultaneously concise and broad ranging, allowing instructors to further pursue detailed exploration of any perspectives they choose.
Dramas, Fields, and Metaphors
Title | Dramas, Fields, and Metaphors PDF eBook |
Author | Victor Turner |
Publisher | Cornell University Press |
Pages | 316 |
Release | 2018-10-01 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1501732854 |
In this book, Victor Turner is concerned with various kinds of social actions and how they relate to, and come to acquire meaning through, metaphors and paradigms in their actors' minds; how in certain circumstances new forms, new metaphors, new paradigms are generated. To describe and clarify these processes, he ranges widely in history and geography: from ancient society through the medieval period to modern revolutions, and over India, Africa, Europe, China, and Meso-America. Two chapters, which illustrate religious paradigms and political action, explore in detail the confrontation between Henry II and Thomas Becket and between Hidalgo, the Mexican liberator, and his former friends. Other essays deal with long-term religious processes, such as the Christian pilgrimage in Europe and the emergence of anti-caste movements in India. Finally, he directs his attention to other social phenomena such as transitional and marginal groups, hippies, and dissident religious sects, showing that in the very process of dying they give rise to new forms of social structure or revitalized versions of the old order.
The Metaphorical Society
Title | The Metaphorical Society PDF eBook |
Author | Daniel Rigney |
Publisher | Rowman & Littlefield |
Pages | 254 |
Release | 2001 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 0742509389 |
This book introduces the novice reader to modern social theory through the creative exploration of eight major metaphors that have shaped Western understandings of human society. Rigney vividly yet concisely examines each major theoretical perspective in sociology, including functionalism, conflict theory, rational choice, and symbolic interactionism. He shows how each of these theories is rooted in a particular metaphorical tradition. Over decades and centuries, Rigney argues, social theorists have variously likened societies to organisms and living systems, to machines, battlefields, legal systems, marketplaces, games, theatrical productions, and discourses. Most interestingly, Rigney deftly shows how nearly all Western social theories fit with one or more of the metaphors. He emphasizes a humanistic understanding of society with an emphasis on the creative agency of social actors and communities. The book offers students a rich understanding of social theory, yet it is simultaneously concise and broad ranging, allowing instructors to further pursue detailed exploration of any perspectives they choose.
Revelation and Divination in Ndembu Ritual
Title | Revelation and Divination in Ndembu Ritual PDF eBook |
Author | Victor Turner |
Publisher | Cornell University Press |
Pages | 356 |
Release | 2018-05-31 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1501717197 |
Drawing on two and a half years of field work, Victor Turner offers two thorough ethnographic studies of Ndembu revelatory ritual and divinatory techniques, with running commentaries on symbolism by a variety of Ndembu informants. Although previously published, these essays have not been readily available since their appearance more than a dozen years ago. Striking a personal note in a new introductory chapter, Professor Turner acknowledges his indebtedness to Ndembu ritualists for alerting him to the theoretical relevance of symbolic action in understanding human societies. He believes that ritual symbols, like botanists' stains, enable us to detect and trace the movement of social processes and relationships that often lie below the level of direct observation.
Metaphors of Masculinity
Title | Metaphors of Masculinity PDF eBook |
Author | Stanley Brandes |
Publisher | University of Pennsylvania Press |
Pages | 247 |
Release | 2015-04-17 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 0812292502 |
In the Andalusian communities throughout the olive-growing region of southeastern Spain men show themselves to be primarily concerned with two problems of identity: their place in the social hierarchy, and the maintenance of their masculinity in the context of their culture. In this study of projective behavior as found in the folklore of an Andalusian town, Stanley Brandes is careful to support psychological interpretations with ethnographic evidence. His emphasis on male folklore provides a timely complement to current research on women.