Cultural Meanings and Social Institutions

Social Organization Through Language

Inbunden, Engelska, 2019

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Beskrivning

Employing three methods of assessing meaning, this book demonstrates that the thousands of human identities in English coalesce into groups that are recognizable as role sets in the contemporary social institutions of economy, kinship, religion, polity, law, education, medicine, sport, and arts.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2019-01-03
Mått:148 x 210 x 13 mm
Vikt:298 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:124
Förlag:Springer Nature Switzerland AG
ISBN:9783030037383

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David R. Heise is Rudy Professor of Sociology Emeritus, Indiana University, USA, and has previously served as editor of the journals Sociological Methodology and Sociological Methods & Research. His social psychological research focuses on the affective and logical foundations of social interaction. Heise has received Distinguished Career awards from four sections of the American Sociological Association—Social Psychology, Sociology of Emotions, Mathematical Sociology, and Methodology—and from the International Academy for Intercultural Research.

Innehållsförteckning

Chapter 1. Language and Social Institutions.- Chapter 2. Analyzing Meanings of Identities.- Chapter 3. Dictionary Meanings of Identities.- Chapter 4. Contextual Meanings of Identities.- Chapter 5. Associative Meanings of Identities.- Chapter 6. Types of Meaning Compared.- Chapter 7. Meanings and Institutional Domains.