The Fine Line: Making Distinctions in Everyday Life

Zerubavel, Eviatar

ISBN 10: 0226981592 / ISBN 13: 9780226981598

Published by University of Chicago Press (edition 0002-), 1993

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Fine Line: Making Distinctions in Everyday Life
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press (edition 0002-)
• Publication Date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0226981592
• ISBN 13: 9780226981598
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: 0002-.
• Condition: Very Good

About this title

Synopsis

Eviatar Zerubavel argues that most of the distinctions we make in our daily lives and in our culture are social constructs. He questions the notion that a clear line can be drawn to separate one time or object or concept from another, and presents witty and provocative counterexamples in defense of ambiguity and anomaly.

About the Author

Eviatar Zerubavel is a professor of sociology at Rutgers University. He is the author of seven other books, including Social Mindscapes: An Invitation to Cognitive Sociology, The Seven-Day Circle: The History and Meaning of the Week, and The Fine Line: Making Distinctions in Everyday Life.