Meanings of Life in Contemporary Ireland: Webs of Significance (2014) (Cultural Sociology)

By: T. Inglis

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Synopsis: 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, Inglis places their lives within the context of Ireland's social and cultural transformations, and of longer-term processes of change such as increased globalisation, individualisation, and informalisation.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:: 9781137413727
Related ISBNs:: 9781137429124
Publisher:: Palgrave Macmillan US, New York
Date of Addition:: 03/15/21
Copyrighted By:: T. Inglis
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Nonfiction, Sports, Religion and Spirituality, Social Studies, Mathematics and Statistics, Sociology
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Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.