Browsing by Subject "Culture"

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Culture From Infrahumans to Humans: Essays in the Philosophy of Biology

Ramsey, Grant Aaron (2007-05-07)

It has become increasingly common to explain the behavior of animals—from sperm whales to songbirds—in terms of culture. But what is animal culture, what is its relationship to other biological concepts and to human ...
Do We Have Consensus?: Examining the Sources of Systematic Variation in Cultural Identity Meanings

Wisecup, Allison K. (2011)

<p>Affect control theory (Heise 1979, 2007, 2010; MacKinnon 1994; Smith-Lovin and Heise 1988) contends that individuals' sentiments for social identities result from three sources: 1) fundamental cultural norms, 2) individual ...
Mapping the Social Ecology of Culture: Social Position, Connectedness, and Influence as Predictors of Systematic Variation in Affective Meaning

Rogers, Kimberly B. (2013)

<p>A strong model of culture should capture both the structured and negotiated elements of cultural meaning, allowing for the fluidity of social action and the agency of social actors. Although cultural meanings often ...
Particular Universality: Science, Culture, and Nationalism in Australia, Canada, and the United States, 1915-1960

Ferney, Christian (2009)

<p>This dissertation examines offers a corrective to the world polity theory of globalization, which posits increasing convergence on a single global cultural frame. In contrast, I suggest that national culture limits the ...

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