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Borders and Fields

By Dariusz Wojakowski

Borders and Fields Social Sciences

Borders and Fields

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The item considered by all of us to be particularly significant in interpreting social realities, but also ourness-otherness, is space and especially its corresponding social concepts of territoriality. Undertaking an analysis of territoriality, we should not assume that it is a crucial component in the construction of any notion of social differentiation. Without a doubt, however, a denial of territoriality as an organizing principle in social order, and the concept of non-territoriality of cultural differences suggest an important role played by space in constructing the social world. These concepts thus uphold the importance of this category in scholarly discourse. Our discussion of the role of space and territoriality in constructing cultural interpretations of social realities may be divided into two main perspectives as reflected in the volume's two parts. First, space is an element of a social conception of the world. This perspective permits studying its various understandings by contemporaries. [...] Part II addresses the problem of multiple symbolic orders and their superimposition as experienced by territory-bound communities as well as immigrants. Here the concept of social field is suggested as a theoretical tool permitting effective description of the symbolic entanglements resulting from such multiplicity. Introduction, pp. 8-9
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
128
Release Date:
2008-01-01
Publication Date:
2008-01-31
Publisher:
Nomos
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
8360490678
ISBN13:
9788360490679
Weight:
180 g
Height:
144 cm
Width:
204 cm
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