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... Individual culture refers to the capacity of the individual to produce , absorb , and control the elements of objective culture . The tragedy of culture stems from the fact that over time objective culture grows exponentially while ...
... Individual culture refers to the capacity of the individual to produce , absorb , and control the elements of objective culture . The tragedy of culture stems from the fact that over time objective culture grows exponentially while ...
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... individual level for several reasons , including the fact that data are usually gathered at that level and then aggregated or com- posed to yield the system level . Among the other reasons for favoring a focus on the individual level is ...
... individual level for several reasons , including the fact that data are usually gathered at that level and then aggregated or com- posed to yield the system level . Among the other reasons for favoring a focus on the individual level is ...
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... individual actions and relations ; and it connects structure to interaction and consciousness . In this vi- sion of the world , feminist sociological theory addresses two classic di- chotomies in sociological thinking : the debate over ...
... individual actions and relations ; and it connects structure to interaction and consciousness . In this vi- sion of the world , feminist sociological theory addresses two classic di- chotomies in sociological thinking : the debate over ...
Contents
Classical Grand Theories | 13 |
Classical Theories of Everyday Life | 42 |
Contemporary Theoretical Portraits of the Social World 1755 | 75 |
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