Items related to In the Active Voice (Routledge Revivals)

In the Active Voice (Routledge Revivals) - Hardcover

Douglas, Mary

 
9780415667081: In the Active Voice (Routledge Revivals)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0415667089 ISBN 13: 9780415667081
Publisher: Routledge, 2011

Synopsis

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.

"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.

About the Author

Mary Douglas

"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.

Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2011
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0415667089
ISBN 13 
9780415667081
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
322