ENGLISH

In the Active Voice

By Mary Douglas

Book information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2011
ISBN
0415667089, 9780415667081
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
7 MB (7851382 bytes)
Series
Routledge Revivals
Edition
Reprint
Pages
322\319
Time added
2017-09-23 07:50:18
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Description

First published in 1982, this collection of essays is a reproach to a form of the sociology of religion that treats people as the passive objects of impersonal social influences. In opposition to this, the author seeks to assert an active voice style of thinking about the relations between individuals and their cultural environment, whether in economics, history or literary criticism. This collection is assembled with the guiding principle that all the essays touch upon the borderland between economic values and personal judgements of quality. Several essays illustrate the theme from the place of economics in anthropology and the place of economic behaviour in sociological and cultural criticism. The essay on 'Cultural bias' suggests a systematic method of analysis for investigating social influences on judgement and choice.

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