Product Description: Richard Bernstein expressed the view that pragmatism was ahead of its time; the same has been true of symbolic interactionism. These two closely related perspectives, one philosophical and the other sociological, place human action at the center of their explanatory schemes...read more

Product Description: The Constitution of Sacred Liturgy is widely regarded as the most significant among the sixteen documents produced by the Second Vatican Council. The constitution has radically redefined the methods and meanings of Catholic worship, including a shift from rote enactment of rituals, to the laity as a spiritual community...read more

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Product Description: The essays gathered in this volume contain analyses based on the general action perspective of Chicago sociology and, in particular, on the contributions of Anselm L. Strauss, whose lengthy achievement this volume honors.

Product Description: Originally published as Volume 2 of Research in the Interweave of Social Roles, this book is now reprinted as a paperback edition. Topics include: a life-span approach to friendship; communal diffusion of friendship; and feminism, female friends and the reconstruction of intimacy...read more