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... things , people can set themselves apart from what they are doing , plan what they are going to do , choose to act or not to act , choose a specific kind of action , be flexible if impedi- ments get in their way , concentrate on what ...
... things , people can set themselves apart from what they are doing , plan what they are going to do , choose to act or not to act , choose a specific kind of action , be flexible if impedi- ments get in their way , concentrate on what ...
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... things , we are communicating a number of things to others , including what groups we do or do not belong to . They understand what we are " saying " be- cause they , too , know the code and therefore understand the meaning of signs ...
... things , we are communicating a number of things to others , including what groups we do or do not belong to . They understand what we are " saying " be- cause they , too , know the code and therefore understand the meaning of signs ...
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... things directly . Rather , we sense things indirectly through mediating technologies like the mass media . Although we are able to sense many more things in this way , it is increasingly difficult to make them intelligible because we ...
... things directly . Rather , we sense things indirectly through mediating technologies like the mass media . Although we are able to sense many more things in this way , it is increasingly difficult to make them intelligible because we ...
Contents
Classical Grand Theories | 13 |
Classical Theories of Everyday Life | 42 |
Contemporary Theoretical Portraits of the Social World 1755 | 75 |
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