Function Purpose Powers Someconcepts Study by Dorothy Emmet (1 results)
Language: English
Published by Temple University Press, Philadelphia, 1972
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 2nd Edition. 300 pp., xxiv. First published in 1958; this copy, Stated: "Second Edition". Following the Foreword by Victor Turner, Preface to Second Edition, and Preface to the First Edition, Contents divided into10 Chapters: I "Introduction"; II. "Societies"; III. The Notion of Function"; IV. "S…ocial Function"; V. "Purpose"; VI. " 'Open ' and ' Closed ' Morality"; VII. "Function and Powers in Religious Symbols"; VIII. "Charismatic Power"; IX. "Vocation"; X. "Some Connections and Contrasts"; Index, pp. 295-300. NO jacket. Blue boards with brilliant gilt on spine; white endpapers (contrasting with age-toned edges of text block and light age-toning of pages; previous owner name and purchase date discreetly on inside front cover upper left. Strong binding (NO cracks); sharp corners (NO bumps or curls); NO rubbing wear (as if a missing dj did its job); NO remainder mark. Clean text. Looks UNREAD. Solid copy.