The Institutional Imperative: The Interface of Institutions and Networks

by Anton C. Zijderveld

Even though we, as moderns or post-moderns, think we can be free, original and authentic, our actions, thoughts, and emotions are cast in patterns which we share with other individuals, which we did not invent, and which we pass on to the next generation. After we die, people will continue to act, think, and feel within the context of institutions like marriage, family, church, school, university, voluntary associations, et cetera. All these institutions...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9053564306
• ISBN13: 9789053564301
• Release Date: June 2000
• Publisher: Amsterdam University Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 1.12 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.3" x 9.5"