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Book Synopsis
Examines the way in which the rhythms of social life derive from our involvement in the world, particularly as those rhythms unfold over thousands of years. The book aims to provide a theory of social change and social being as the basis for understanding social formations over time.

Table of Contents
1. About Time.

2. Understanding Long-Term Social Change.

3. Meaning, Mind and Matter.

4. Towards a Social Ontology.

5. Concepts of Being.

6. Problems of History and Meaning.

7. Species Being: The Very Long Term.

8. Final Thoughts.

Further Reading.

Bibliography.

Index.

Social Being and Time

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      Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
      Publication Date: 07/12/1993
      ISBN13: 9780631190233, 978-0631190233
      ISBN10: 0631190236
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Examines the way in which the rhythms of social life derive from our involvement in the world, particularly as those rhythms unfold over thousands of years. The book aims to provide a theory of social change and social being as the basis for understanding social formations over time.

      Table of Contents
      1. About Time.

      2. Understanding Long-Term Social Change.

      3. Meaning, Mind and Matter.

      4. Towards a Social Ontology.

      5. Concepts of Being.

      6. Problems of History and Meaning.

      7. Species Being: The Very Long Term.

      8. Final Thoughts.

      Further Reading.

      Bibliography.

      Index.

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