Overview
Professor Jay Gubrium, University of Missouri
This book gets to the heart of what the social sciences really know about the elusive and contradictory object of research: human reality.
Drawing on a wide range of international examples and scenarios, Social Theory and Human Reality examines key sociological concepts that we use to understand human behaviour such as: norms, rules and meanings; language and discourse; ritual; and personality and identity construction.
Alasuutari clearly and convincingly demonstrates:
- The constant interplay between routines and reflexivity that grounds social order
- how the body and our bodily experiences mediate our social reality
- that language plays a multi-faceted role as it describes, reflects and constructs human reality
Building on the work started by Berger and Luckmann in The Social Construction of Reality, this book is a lucid and contemporary analysis of the premises shared across the social sciences, and of the kaleidoscope of 'human reality'.
This important book will be welcomed by students and scholars alike in the fields of Cultural Studies, Sociology and Anthropology.
This book title, Social Theory and Human Reality, ISBN: 9780761951650, by Pertti Alasuutari, published by SAGE Publications (September 23, 2004) is available in paperback. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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