Meanings of Life in Contemporary Ireland: Webs of Significance

Author:   T. Inglis
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:   1st ed. 2014
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9781349491711


Pages:   250
Publication Date:   06 November 2014
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The struggle to create and sustain meaning in our everyday lives is fought using cultural ingredients to spin the webs of meaning that keep us going. To help reveal the complexity and intricacy of the webs of meaning in which they are suspended, Tom Inglis interviewed one-hundred people in their native home of Ireland to discover what was most important and meaningful for them in their lives. Inglis believes language is a medium: there is never an exact correspondence between what is said and what is felt and understood. Using a variety of theoretical lenses developed within sociology and anthropology, Inglis places their lives within the context of Ireland's social and cultural transformations, and of longer-term processes of change such as increased globalisation, individualisation, and informalisation.

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Author:   T. Inglis
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:   1st ed. 2014
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   3.455kg
ISBN:  

9781349491711


ISBN 10:   1349491713
Pages:   250
Publication Date:   06 November 2014
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Tom Inglis is Professor of Sociology at University College Dublin, Ireland. His books include Moral Monopoly: The Rise and Fall of the Catholic Church in Modern Ireland (1998), Lessons in Irish Sexuality (1998), Religion and Politics (2000), Truth, Power and Lies (2003), Global Ireland: Same Difference (2008), Making Love: A Memoir (2012), Love (2013) and Are the Irish Different? (2014).

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