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The Symbolic Construction of Community

Paperback • 1985 • English

The Symbolic Construction of Community

By Anthony P.

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Anthony Cohen makes a distinct break with earlier approaches to the study of community, which treated the subject in largely structural terms. His view is interpretive and experiential, seeing the community as a cultural field with a complex of symbols whose meanings vary among its members. He delineates a concept applicable to local and ethnic communities through which people see themselves as belonging to society. The emphasis on boundary is sensitive to the circumstances in which people becom...Show more

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9780415046169

Published year

1985

Language

English

Original title

The Symbolic Construction of Community

Format

Paperback

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