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Symbols that Stand for Themselves
Language: en
Pages: 157
Authors: Roy Wagner
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 1986 - Publisher: University of Chicago Press

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This important new work by Roy Wagner is about the autonomy of symbols and their role in creating culture. Its argument, anticipated in the author's previous bo
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Language: en
Pages: 163
Authors: Roy Wagner
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 1986 - Publisher: University of Chicago Press

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This important new work by Roy Wagner is about the autonomy of symbols and their role in creating culture. Its argument, anticipated in the author's previous bo
Rethinking Symbolism
Language: en
Pages: 172
Authors: Dan Sperber
Categories: Psychology
Type: BOOK - Published: 1975-09-25 - Publisher: CUP Archive

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"The main thrust of this book is to deliver a major critique of materialist and rationalist explanations of social and cultural forms, but the in the process Sa
The Things They Carried
Language: en
Pages: 259
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Categories: Fiction
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Signs and Symbols
Language: en
Pages: 372
Authors: Adrian Frutiger
Categories: Literary Criticism
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Discusses the elements of a sign, and looks at pictograms, alphabets, calligraphy, monograms, text type, numerical signs, symbols, and trademarks.