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Cultural Theory for the Humanities
Robert R. Pennington
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Description for Cultural Theory for the Humanities
Hardback. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 263 x 183 x 16. Weight in Grams: 500.
This theory of culture, a synthesis of thinking from Europe, the Americas and Asia, illustrates the function and meaning of culture rather than form. It fuses philosophy, anthropology, sociology, history, science, psychology, literature, literary criticism and linguistics all areas that a comprehensive theory must comprise because they constitute culture. The essence of culture is identity, or psychosocial homeostasis. A primary problem for cultural solution is the determination of what has identity. As social concepts, individuals can have identity in some cultures but not in others. Where identity is possible, it is generally derived from shared identities of defined groups ... Read more
This theory of culture, a synthesis of thinking from Europe, the Americas and Asia, illustrates the function and meaning of culture rather than form. It fuses philosophy, anthropology, sociology, history, science, psychology, literature, literary criticism and linguistics all areas that a comprehensive theory must comprise because they constitute culture. The essence of culture is identity, or psychosocial homeostasis. A primary problem for cultural solution is the determination of what has identity. As social concepts, individuals can have identity in some cultures but not in others. Where identity is possible, it is generally derived from shared identities of defined groups ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9781634846653
SKU
V9781634846653
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About Robert R. Pennington
Robert Pennington, Ph.D. (University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1991) has held faculty positions at several universities in the USA and Taiwan in departments of communication, management, foreign languages and cultures, and in graduate institutes of international communication studies, technology and innovation management, and e-commerce. He has also lectured at universities in South Korea. The primary focus of his research is mass media ... Read more
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