ISBN:
0195162021
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (vi, 164 p)
,
22 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Parallel Title:
Print version Moral, Believing Animals : Human Personhood and Culture
DDC:
301
Keywords:
Philosophical anthropology
;
Sociology Philosophy
Abstract:
What kind of animals are human beings? And how do our visions of the human shape our theories of social action and institutions? Christian Smith advances a creative theory of human persons and culture that offers innovative, challenging answers to these and other fundamental questions in sociological, cultural, and religious theory
Description / Table of Contents:
Contents; 1. Introduction; 2. Human Culture(s) as Moral Order(s); 3. Believing Animals; 4. Living Narratives; 5. On Religion; 6. The Return of Culture?; 7. Conclusion; Index
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195162028.001.0001
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