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In this long-awaited sequel to The Invention of Culture, Roy Wagner tackles the logic and motives that underlie cultural invention. Could there be a single, logical factor that makes the invention of the distinction between self and other possible, much as specific human genes allow for language?Wagner explores what he calls “the reciprocity of perspectives” through a journey between Euro-American bodies of knowledge and his in-depth knowledge of Melanesian modes of thought. This logic grounds variants of the subject/object transformation, as Wagner works through examples such as the figure-ground reversal in Gestalt psychology, Lacan’s theory of the mirror-stage formation of the Ego, and even the self-recursive structure of the aphorism and the joke. Juxtaposing Wittgenstein’s and Leibniz’s philosophy with Melanesian social logic, Wagner explores the cosmological dimensions of the ways in which different societies develop models of self and the subject/object distinction.

Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography --- Culture. --- Cultural sociology --- Culture --- Sociology of culture --- Civilization --- Popular culture --- Social aspects

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Why does the mind matter for joint action? Contentious Minds is a comparative study of how cognitive and relational processes allow activists to sustain their commitment. With survey data and narratives of activists engaged in three commitment communities, the minds of activists involved in contentious politics are compared with those devoted to institutional and volunteering action. The book’s main argument is that activists of one commitment community have synchronized minds concerning the aim and means of their activism as they perceive common good (aim) and politics (means) through similar cognitive lenses. The book shows the importance of direct conversational contact with individuals in bringing about this synchronization. Assessing the synchronization within communities as well as the variation between them constitutes a major purpose of this book. It shows that activists construct and enact community-specific democratic cultures, thereby entering the public sphere through collective action. The book makes three major contributions. First, it emphasizes the necessity to return the study of the mind to research on activism, Second, it calls for an integrated relational perspective that rests on the structural, instrumental, and interpretative dimensions of social networks. Finally, it advocates a substantial integration of culture in the study of social movements by effectively valuing the role of culture in shaping a person’s mind.

Society & social sciences --- social movement --- activism --- contentious politics --- social networks --- mind --- cultural sociology --- protest participation

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History of civilization --- Culture --- Historical sociology --- Anthropology --- History --- Sociology --- Cultural sociology --- Sociology of culture --- Civilization --- Social aspects --- Popular culture --- Culture. --- cultuurgeschiedenis

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Since the 1980s, scholars have made the case for examining nineteenth-century culture - particularly literary output - through the lens of economics.

Culture --- Money --- Cultural sociology --- Sociology of culture --- Civilization --- Popular culture --- Social aspects --- E-books --- Social aspects. --- Literature --- Victorian Studies --- literary studies --- economic history --- nineteenth century --- Anthologies.

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Culture --- Arts facilities --- Leisure --- Equipements culturels --- Loisir --- Congresses --- Congrès --- France --- Cultural policy --- Politique culturelle --- Social change --- Congres --- Congrès --- Cultural Sociology. --- Congresses. --- Cultural sociology --- Sociology of culture --- Civilization --- Popular culture --- Social aspects --- Culture - Congresses --- Social change - Congresses --- Sociologie de la culture --- Loisirs --- Équipements culturels --- Sociologie