Culture Theory
Essays on Mind, Self and Emotion
Robert A LeVine editor Richard A Shweder editor
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Published:28th Dec '84
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This book examines the role of symbols and meaning in the development of mind, self, and emotion in culture.
This book examines the role of symbols and meaning in the development of mind, self, and emotion in everyday experience and culture. This book will appeal to an interdisciplinary audience of anthropologists, psychologists, philosophers, historians, and linguists, as well as those interested in hermeneutics and a science of subjectivity.The relationship between everyday experience and culture - seen as a set of ideas, values, or symbolic codes - has challenged social scientists and especially anthropologists, for more than a century. As a comprehensive and critical account of knowledge and research in the field of culture theory, leading social scientists explore the implications for understanding different aspects of subjective experience, social practice, and individual behavior. The focus of the volume is on the role of symbols and meaning in the development of mind, self, and emotion. They examine the content of culture and how it interacts with cognitive, social, and emotional growth; how ideas relate to attitudes, feelings, and behavior; how concepts and meanings are historically transmitted. They also explore methodological and conceptual problems involved in the definition and study of meaning, and revisit the perennial problem of 'relativism' in light of topical advances in semantic analysis and in culture theory. This book will appeal to an interdisciplinary audience of anthropologists, psychologists, philosophers, historians, and linguists, as well as those interested in hermeneutics and a science of subjectivity.
ISBN: 9780521267199
Dimensions: 228mm x 152mm x 29mm
Weight: 670g
376 pages