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Author Lincoln, Bruce

Title Discourse and the construction of society : comparative studies of myth, ritual, and classification / Bruce Lincoln
Published New York : Oxford University Press, 1989

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 238 pages) : illustrations
Summary This is a paperback reprint of a book published in 1989. Lincoln explores the ways in which myth, ritual, and classification hold human societies together - and how, in times of crisis, they can be used to take a society apart and reconstruct it
Analysis Myths - Sociological perspectives
Notes Chapters originally written in Italian and English 1980-1984
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-217) and index
Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL
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Subject Social structure.
Myth.
Ritual.
Classification.
Symbolism.
Social change.
Classification
social structure.
myths.
classification (information handling function)
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Regional Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- General.
Classification
Myth
Ritual
Social change
Social structure
Symbolism
Maatschappij.
Cultuurkritiek.
Riten.
Mythen.
Symbolen.
Form Electronic book
LC no. 89002874
ISBN 9780198022374
0198022379
1280526483
9781280526480
9786610526482
6610526486