The Seven Day Circle: The History and Meaning of the Week

Zerubavel, Eviatar

ISBN 10: 0226981657 / ISBN 13: 9780226981659

Published by University of Chicago Press, 1989

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Seven Day Circle: The History and Meaning of the Week
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Publication Date: 1989
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0226981657
• ISBN 13: 9780226981659
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: good

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Synopsis

"Days, months, and years were given to us by nature, but we invented the week for ourselves. There is nothing inevitable about a seven-day cycle, or about any other kind of week; it represents an arbitrary rhythm imposed on our activities, unrelated to anything in the natural order. But where the week exists—and there have been many cultures where it doesn't—it is so deeply embedded in our experience that we hardly ever question its rightness, or think of it as an artificial convention; for most of us it is a matter of 'second nature.'

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.