Meaning of Things
Domestic Symbols and the Self
The meaning of things is a study of the significance of material possessions in contemporary urban life, and of the ways people carve meaning out of their domestic environment. Drawing on a survey of eighty families in Chicago who were interviewed on the subject of their feelings about common household objects, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi and Eugene Rochberg-Halton provide a unique perspective on materialism, American culture, and the self. They begin by reviewing what social scientists and philosophers have said about the transactions between people and things. In the model of 'personhood' that the authors develop, goal-directed action and the c…
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- ISBN: 978-1-107-29874-3
- EAN: 9781107298743
- Produktnummer: 16940723
- Verlag: Cambridge University Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 1981
- Seitenangabe: 0 S.
- Plattform: PDF
- Masse: 29'775 KB
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