In the Active Voice (Routledge Revivals)

by Mary Douglas

Book Overview

First published in 1982, this collection of essays is a reproach to a form of the sociology of religion that treats people as the passive objects of impersonal social influences. In opposition to this, the author seeks to assert an active voice style of thinking about the relations between individuals and their cultural environment, whether in economics, history or literary criticism.

This collection is assembled with the guiding principle...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415668735
• ISBN13: 9780415668736
• Release Date: October 2012
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 322 Pages
• Weight: 0.83 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"