| Symbols, Power and Politics Contributor(s): Halas, Elzbieta (Editor), Halas, Elżbieta (Editor) |
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ISBN: 3631390602 ISBN-13: 9783631390603 Publisher: Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der W OUR PRICE: $85.03 Product Type: Paperback Published: September 2002 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science - Language Arts & Disciplines | Communication Studies - Social Science | Sociology - General |
| Series: Studies in Sociology: Symbols, Theory and Society |
| Physical Information: 198 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The volume is the first one in the series Studies in Sociology: Symbols, Theory and Society. The authors from Australia, Finland, Germany, Poland, the United Kingdom and the United States of America, who contributed to it, are sociologists bound by a conviction that the study of the social context of making use of symbols cannot be underestimated. Conception of symbolism as a social phenomenon and not an autonomous semiotic system is of their common interest and a symbolic interactionist perspective is apparent in many texts. The readiness to trespass the boundaries of various approaches and disciplines is noticeable. The volume is divided into three parts: Symbols and Society. Theoretical Perspectives; Political Discourse and Symbolic Action; Religious Symbolism and Power. Symbolism of discourses, symbolic objects and symbolic actions are three intrinsically related domains that were studied. |