Description: Further DetailsTitle: Meaning in ActionCondition: NewEAN: 9781509511242ISBN: 9781509511242Publisher: Polity PressFormat: HardbackRelease Date: 07/29/2016Item Height: 234mmItem Length: 160mmItem Width: 21mmItem Weight: 440gLanguage: EnglishDescription: In this important new book Rein Raud develops an original theory of culture understood as a loose and internally contradictory system of texts and practices that are shared by intermittent groups of people and used by them to make sense of their life-worlds. This theory views culture simultaneously in two ways: as a world of texts, tangible and shareable products of signifying acts, and as a space of practices, repeatable activities that produce, disseminate and interpret these clusters of meaning. Both approaches are developed into corresponding models of culture which, used together, are able to provide a rich understanding of any meaning in action. In developing this innovative theory, Raud draws on a wide range of disciplines, from anthropology, sociology and cultural studies to semiotics and philosophy. The theory is illustrated throughout with examples drawn from both �high� and popular culture, and from Western and Asian traditions, dealing with both contemporary and historical topics. The book concludes with two case studies from very different contexts one dealing with Italian poetry in the 13th century, the other dealing with the art scene in Eastern Europe in the 1990s. This timely and original work makes a major new contribution to the theory of culture and will be welcomed by students and scholars throughout the social sciences and humanities.Country/Region of Manufacture: GBGenre: Society & CultureTopic: Social SciencesSubtitle: Outline of an Integral Theory of CultureAuthor: Rein RaudRelease Year: 2016 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: Meaning in Action
Title: Meaning in Action
EAN: 9781509511242
ISBN: 9781509511242
Release Date: 07/29/2016
Release Year: 2016
Country/Region of Manufacture: GB
Genre: Society & Culture
Topic: Social Sciences
Subtitle: Outline of an Integral Theory of Culture
Number of Pages: 240 Pages
Publication Name: Meaning in Action : Outline of an Integral Theory of Culture
Language: English
Publisher: Polity Press
Subject: Media Studies, Linguistics / Sociolinguistics, Anthropology / Cultural & Social
Publication Year: 2016
Item Height: 0.8 in
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 15.7 Oz
Author: Rein Raud
Subject Area: Language Arts & Disciplines, Social Science
Item Length: 9.3 in
Item Width: 6.2 in
Format: Hardcover
