edited by o p joshi (1 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: As New. The book contains eleven articles based on intensive field studies and their analysis with an introduction by the editor. All articles are supported with visual examples in fine line drawings and photographs. The book has been printed on art paper. Symbolization is a universal human process. It is he most important human trait that man can create symbols and it is known that culture itself is a symbol. Through symbols ideas and meaning are represented. Symbols have been analysed by logicians metaphysicians linguists psychologists theologicians art historian and folklorists. But the anthropological approach is expected to be comparative observationist functionalist and relatively neutralist it links he occurrence in a society and interpretations of symbols to the social structure and social events in specific conditions. The anthropological approach to symbolism provides a systematic act in its verbal and non verbal aspects.