Social movements : a cognitive approach
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Social movements : a cognitive approach
Polity Press in association with Basil Blackwell, 1991
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Bibliography: p. [174]-181
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
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: ISBN 9780745607627
Description
In recent years, social movements have become a popular subject of sociological investigation. This book considers the subject, integrating American and European approaches. The authors see social movements in terms of a social theory of knowledge that is both politically and historically informed. Social movements are, they argue, forms of activity whereby individuals create new kinds of social identities not only for themselves, but for the societies of which they are a part. The book is particularly concerned with processes which transform groups of individuals into social movements, and which give social movements their active orientation. Social movements from different periods and cultures are examined comparatively.
Table of Contents
- Social movements and sociology
- social movements as cognitivve praxis
- dimensions of cognitive praxis
- social movements and their intellectuals
- a case study - the American Civil Rights Movement
- social movements in context.
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: pbk ISBN 9780745608679
Description
Social movements are now a popular subject of sociological investigation. This timely book offers a new approach to the study of such movements, integrating American and European approaches. The authors are particularly concerned with the processes which transform groups of individuals into social movements, and which give social movements their active orientation. They examine the success and failure of social movements in comparative terms, comparing different historical periods as well as political cultures.
Table of Contents
Introduction. 1. Social Movements and Sociology.
2. Social Movements as Cognitive Praxis.
3. Dimensions of Cognitive Praxis.
4. Social Movements and their Intellectuals.
5. A Case Study: The American Civil Rights Movement.
6. Social Movements in Context.
7. Conclusions.
Notes.
References.
Index.
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