Society as Text
Author | : Richard Harvey Brown |
Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages | : 268 |
Release | : 1987 |
ISBN-10 | : 0226076172 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780226076171 |
Rating | : 4/5 (72 Downloads) |
Download or read book Society as Text written by Richard Harvey Brown and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1987 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brown makes elegant use of sociological theory and of insights from language philosophy, literary criticism, and rhetoric to articulate a new theory of the human sciences, using the powerful metaphor of society as text.