Mary Douglas : explaining human thought and conflict / / Perri 6 and Paul Richards

• Autore: 6 Perri <1960->
• Pubblicazione: New York, NY : , : Berghahn Books, , 2017
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (256 pages)
• Disciplina: 300.1
• Soggetto topico: Social sciences - Philosophy; Social structure; Conflict management; Thought and thinking - Social aspects
• Classificazione: MQ 1200
• Persona (resp. second.): RichardsPaul <1945 May 14->
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Social organization in microcosm : anomalies and ritual concentrate conflict -- Comparing on a grand scale : elementary forms do the organizing -- Building fundamental explanations : rituals do the institutionalizing, and institutions make change -- Analytic method is also ritual peacemaking : thinking in circles helps to defuse conflict -- Douglas's contribution to understanding human thought and conflict.
• Sommario/riassunto: Mary Douglas’s innovative explanations for styles of human thought and for the dynamics of institutional change have furnished a distinctive and powerful theory of how conflicts are managed, yet her work remains astonishingly poorly appreciated in social science disciplines. This volume introduces Douglas’s theories, and outlines the ways in which her work is of continuing importance for the future of the social sciences. Mary Douglas: Understanding Human Thought and Conflict shows how Douglas laid out the agenda for revitalizing social science by reworking Durkheim’s legacy for today, and reviews the growing body of research across the social sciences which has used, tested or developed her approach.
• Titolo autorizzato: Mary Douglas
• ISBN: 1-78533-423-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910792950203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II