Tradition as Truth & Communication - Couverture souple

Boyer

 
9780521024662: Tradition as Truth & Communication
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0521024668 ISBN 13 : 9780521024662
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2008

Synopsis

Tradition is a central concept in the social sciences, but it is commonly treated as unproblematic. Dr Boyer insists that social anthropology requires a theory of tradition, its constitution and transmission. He treats tradition 'as a type of interaction which results in the repetition which results in the repetition of certain communicative events', and therefore as a form of social action. Tradition as Truth and Communication deals particularly with oral communication and focuses on the privileged role of licensed speakers and the ritual contexts in which certain aspects of tradition are characteristically transmitted. Drawing on cognitive psychology, Dr Boyer proposes a set of general hypotheses to be tested by ethnographic field research. He has opened up an important new field for investigation within social anthropology.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Tradition is a central concept in the social sciences, but it is commonly treated as unproblematic. Dr Boyer insists that social anthropology requires a theory of tradition, its constitution and transmission. He treats tradition 'as a type of interaction which results in the repetition which results in the repetition of certain communicative events', and therefore as a form of social action. Tradition as Truth and Communication deals particularly with oral communication and focuses on the privileged role of licensed speakers and the ritual contexts in which certain aspects of tradition are characteristically transmitted. Drawing on cognitive psychology, Dr Boyer proposes a set of general hypotheses to be tested by ethnographic field research. He has opened up an important new field for investigation within social anthropology.

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Éditeur
Cambridge University Press
Date d'édition
2008
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0521024668
ISBN 13 
9780521024662
Reliure
Broché
Numéro d'édition
1
Nombre de pages
156
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Personne responsable
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9780521374170: Tradition as Truth and Communication: A Cognitive Description of Traditional Discourse

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0521374170 ISBN 13 :  9780521374170
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 1990
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