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Tom Inglis - Meanings of Life in Contemporary Ireland: Webs of Significance - 9781349491711 - V9781349491711
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Meanings of Life in Contemporary Ireland: Webs of Significance

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Description for Meanings of Life in Contemporary Ireland: Webs of Significance Paperback. Series: Cultural Sociology. Num Pages: 250 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HR; JFF; JFSR; JHB; JHBD; JHBS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 255 x 20. Weight in Grams: 350.
The struggle to create and sustain meaning in our everyday lives is fought using cultural ingredients to spin the webs of meaning that keep us going. To help reveal the complexity and intricacy of the webs of meaning in which they are suspended, Tom Inglis interviewed one-hundred people in their native home of Ireland to discover what was most important and meaningful for them in their lives. Inglis believes language is a medium: there is never an exact correspondence between what is said and what is felt and understood. Using a variety of theoretical lenses developed within sociology and anthropology, ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Series
Cultural Sociology
Condition
New
Number of Pages
250
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781349491711
SKU
V9781349491711
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About Tom Inglis
Tom Inglis is Professor of Sociology at University College Dublin, Ireland. His books include Moral Monopoly: The Rise and Fall of the Catholic Church in Modern Ireland (1998), Lessons in Irish Sexuality (1998), Religion and Politics (2000), Truth, Power and Lies (2003), Global Ireland: Same Difference (2008), Making Love: A Memoir (2012), Love (2013) and Are the Irish Different? (2014). ... Read more

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