Culture Moves Ideas, Activism, and Changing Values

Name: Culture Moves Ideas, Activism, and Changing Values
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ISBN: 9780691070339

ISBN-10: 0691070334

ISBN-13: 9780691070339

Edition: 1998

Authors: Thomas R. Rochon

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Some periods in history are marked by stability in cultural values; at other times, values undergo rapid change. How and why do cultural transformations, such as those affecting race and gender relations, take place? How does one value win acceptance in society when there are conflicting values competing for attention? InCulture Moves, Thomas Rochon addresses this complex process and develops a theory to explain both how values originate and how they spread. In particular, he analyzes the crucial role that small communities of critical thinkers play in developing new ideas and inspiring their dissemination through larger social movements. Rochon develops this theory by drawing from such…

Book details

List price: $51.00
Copyright year: 1998
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication date: 7/16/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 280
Size: 6.46" wide x 9.29" long x 0.67" tall
Weight: 0.924
Language: English



List of Figures


List of Tables


Preface


Data Sources



Theoretical Perspective



Adaptation in Human Communities



Critical Communities and Movements



The Acceptance of New Cultural Values



Microfoundations



The Creation of Solidarity



Political Engagement



Social and Political Structures



Diffusion of Change in Society



Political and Social Alliances



Advancing Our Understanding of Cultural Change


References


Index