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How Institutions Think

Paperback • 1986 • English

How Institutions Think

By Mary Douglas

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Do institutions think? If so, how do they do it? Do they have minds of their own? If so, what thoughts occupy these suprapersonal minds? Mary Douglas delves into these questions as she lays the groundwork for a theory of institutions. Usually the human reasoning process is explained with a focus on the individual mind; her focus is on culture. Using the works of Emile Durkheim and Ludwik Fleck as a foundation, How Institutions Think intends to clarify the extent to which thinking itself is depen...Show more

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ISBN

9780815602064

Publisher

Syracuse University Press

Published year

1986

Language

English

Original title

How Institutions Think

Format

Paperback

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