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Permanent Liminality and Modernity

Permanent Liminality and Modernity

Arpad Szakolczai

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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Año de edición:
2019
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Sociedad y ciencias sociales
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9780367184667
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This book offers a comprehensive sociological study of the nature and dynamics of the modern world, through the use of a series of anthropological concepts, including the trickster, schismogenesis, imitation and liminality.

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