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This book is the result of research which was begun over twenty years ago and which spanned two countries, as well as two decades. It developed out of the author’s work in speech therapy, but took on the in-depth theoretical investigation of the work of Bernstein, Vygotsky, Luria, and Hallidayan linguistics in an investigation of ways of thinking and the use of language, and particularly the relationship between group processes and individual learning. The small sample analysed in the book, taken from classroom data gathered in a small town in Tuscany and a small group of adolescents, and put under the microscope of quantitative and qualitative analysis involving multiple tests regarding v...
This book represents part of an ongoing effort to understand the rules, practices, agencies and agents which shape and change the social construction of pedagogic discourse. It draws together and re-examines the findings of the author's earlier work.
Culture is a concept that has remained on the top of the agenda within the social sciences for two decades. It incites controversy and debate and always appears fresh. This book, updated throughout and with new sections on visual culture, urban culture and subcultures, argues that to understand the concept we need to locate it within traditions of thought and appreciate its political and ideological bases. The book looks at the concept of culture in the context of idealism and materialism, examining its relation to the notion of social structure and assessing its once assumed monopoly within literary study. Culture remains stimulating throughout. A standard reference text for students on sociology and cultural studies courses, this second concise and student-friendly edition offers an overview over the sociology of culture in an accessible format.
L'ambiente, inteso nella sua ampia accezione, rappresenta uno dei fattori fondamentali del tessuto della società e la questione della salvaguardia ambientale non può essere considerata soltanto da una prospettiva tecnico-scientifica o economica in quanto riguarda la comunità in tutte le sue articolazioni. Per questa ragione la sua cura non dovrebbe essere scissa dai valori identitari, civili e religiosi, dell'esperienza culturale di ogni gruppo e di ogni individuo. Il volume collettaneo, frutto di un convegno sul tema svoltosi nel 2022, intende mettere in luce come le culture religiose e i loro rispettivi significati e valori hanno una intrinseca vocazione ecologista che ha recentemente contribuito anche al dibattito internazionale in materia di salvaguardia dei diritti umani.