Society and Its Metaphors

Society and Its Metaphors
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Publisher : A&C Black
Total Pages : 194
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ISBN-10 : 9781847143730
ISBN-13 : 1847143733
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Book Synopsis Society and Its Metaphors by : Jose Lopez

Download or read book Society and Its Metaphors written by Jose Lopez and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2003-02-01 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Both classical and contemporary social theorists have created a range of frameworks to formulate and develop concepts of social structure. Focusing on the work of the key theorists, Emile Durkheim, Karl Marx, Max Weber, Talcott Parsons and Louis Althusser, Society and its Metaphors maps the linguistic basis of different theories of social structure.


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