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1 online resource (ix, 242 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
monochrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-236) and index. |
| Access |
Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Contents |
Metaphorical Imagination -- Society as Living System -- Society as Machine -- Society as War -- Society as Legal Order -- Society as Marketplace -- Society as Game -- Society as Theater -- Society as Discourse -- Postscript: A Guide to Metaphorical Analysis. |
| Summary |
Over decades and centuries, Rigney here argues, social theorists have variously likened societies to organisms and living systems, to machines, battlefields, legal systems, marketplaces, games, theatrical productions, and discourses. Most interestingly, Rigney deftly shows how nearly all Western social theories fit with one or more of the metaphors. He emphasizes a humanistic understanding of society with an emphasis on the creative agency of social actors and communities. The book offers students a rich understanding of social theory, yet it is simultaneously concise and broad ranging, allowi. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Social sciences -- Philosophy.
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Social sciences -- Philosophy. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Rigney, Daniel, 1949- Metaphorical society. Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, ©2001 (DLC) 00045920 (OCoLC)45172116 |
| ISBN |
9781461644804 (electronic book) |
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1461644801 (electronic book) |
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0742509370 (alkaline paper) |
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9780742509375 (alkaline paper) |
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0742509389 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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9780742509382 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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