Overview
- Analyzes institutional domains through quantitative analyses of word meanings
- Develops a model of how language, cultural meanings, self and identities, and roles are connected
- Establishes that social institutions work as a bridge between individual definitions (of self and others) and broader societal functions
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About the author
David R. Heise is Rudy Professor of Sociology Emeritus, Indiana University, USA, and has previously served as editor of the journals Sociological Methodology and Sociological Methods & Research. His social psychological research focuses on the affective and logical foundations of social interaction. Heise has received Distinguished Career awards from four sections of the American Sociological Association—Social Psychology, Sociology of Emotions, Mathematical Sociology, and Methodology—and from the International Academy for Intercultural Research.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Cultural Meanings and Social Institutions
Book Subtitle: Social Organization Through Language
Authors: David R. Heise
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-03739-0
Publisher: Palgrave Pivot Cham
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG, part of Springer Nature 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-03738-3Published: 03 January 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-03739-0Published: 14 December 2018
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 124
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: Social Theory, Sociological Theory, Methodology of the Social Sciences, Research Methodology, Sociology of Culture