Symbolic Construction of Community

by Anthony P. Cohen

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415046165
• ISBN13: 9780415046169
• Release Date: June 1985
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.2" x 7.8"