The Symbol Theory

Introduction to Elias' Work (Published in association with Theory, Culture & Society)

Bibliographic Data

ID19961704
AuthorsNorbert Elias, Richard Kilminster
Year1991
Pages147
Publication date1991-09-06
Open AccessYes
TypeBOOK
VenueThe Symbol Theory (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherJapan Society of Medical Entomology and Zoology (PUBLISHER • JP)
OpenAlexW2118632012
ISBN9780803984196
Open LibraryOL7909423M
Google Booksj4_pAAAAIAAJ
LanguageEN
References cited17

Norbert Elias (1897-1990) Note on the text Introduction Towards a comprehensive understanding of human beings: reconfiguring sociology, evolutionary biology and philosophy Languages as learned sound patterns and symbols as the 'fifth dimension' 'Symbol emancipation' as an evolutionary breakthrough The high survival value of communication by learned sound-symbols To speak, to think, to know: the sociogenesis and psychogenesis of reality-congruent symbols Human society as a level of nature: beyond idealism and materialism From 'truth' to reality congruence: beyond traditional philosophical theories of knowledge Concept-formation in the 'five-dimensional' human world: beyond abstraction explanations The distant past and the long future: reality-congruent knowledge and human survival Appendix: Previously unpublished passages in Elias's Introduction Textual variants Bibliography Index

Abstraction · Cognitive science · Emancipation · Epistemology · Idealism · Linguistics · Materialism · Sociology · Cross-Cultural and Social Analysis · Mathematics · Philosophy · Psychology · Social and Cultural Dynamics · Sociology and Norbert Elias · Communication · Evolution · Language · Language Arts · Language Arts & Disciplines · Literacy · Science/Mathematics · Sociology of Knowledge · Sociology, Social Studies · Symbolism · Symbolism in communication · Theory of knowledge

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