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Eco-Sociology: inside and outside of the cocoon.
- Source :
- Innovation in Social Sciences Research; 1993, Vol. 6 Issue 4, p387-397, 11p
- Publication Year :
- 1993
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Abstract
- ABSTRACT The present article examines how American and German sociological theories deal with the concept of nature and with environmental problems. The results of an analysis of professional sociological publications are presented. Various conceptions of sociological theorists are discussed focussing on nature and environmental problems. It is argued that the social sciences and the mass media are becoming more and more intertwined, increasingly coming to comprise 'parallel systems of meaning production' (Gamson and Modgliani, 1989). The basic cultural orientations (subsystems) determine how the concept of nature is discussed. It is suggested to investigate how different conceptions of nature are used in social actions and social situations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- SOCIOLOGY
SOCIAL theory
SOCIAL problems
SOCIAL action
MASS media
SOCIAL policy
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 13606263
- Volume :
- 6
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Innovation in Social Sciences Research
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 9707221141
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/13511610.1993.9968368