This book brings together scholars from around the world to
address the question of how culture and mind are related through
symbols: it is through the mediation of symbols that we think, act,
imagine, feel, dream and remember. Thus, to understand the
structure, function and development of symbols is to understand
what it means to be human.
Part I of the book constructs a theoretical foundation in
semiotics for thinking about symbols, and analyzes their place in
speech, images, affect and evolution. Part II explores how our
experience is transformed through symbols: why we are moved by a
movie or political speech, how bread and wine can taste like Christ
s body and blood, and why our memories are forever changing. Part
III focuses on symbols in the human life-course, particularly in
connection with play, language and art. And lastly, Part IV
explores how identities, such as being a sex-worker or
HIV-positive, are constituted in social relationships through
society s symbols.
This broad interdisciplinary synthesis on the problem of symbols
is an essential resource for anyone studying culture in mind,
including advanced students in psychology, semiotics, anthropology,
communications and philosophy.
General
Imprint: |
Routledge
|
Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Series: |
Cultural Dynamics of Social Representation |
Release date: |
November 2009 |
First published: |
2010 |
Editors: |
Brady Wagoner
|
Dimensions: |
234 x 156 x 25mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover
|
Pages: |
360 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-415-48848-8 |
Categories: |
Books >
Social sciences >
Psychology >
Social, group or collective psychology
|
LSN: |
0-415-48848-6 |
Barcode: |
9780415488488 |
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