Book Cover; Title; Contents; Editor's Foreword; Introduction; Symbolism and meaning; Symbol, culture, community; Community: the 'classical' tradition, and Chicago; The debris of Chicago: some myths exposed; Conclusion; Symbolizing the Boundary; The boundary and social change; Ritual and the boundary; Symbolic reversals and self-awareness; Communities of Meaning; Community: structure or symbol?; Symbolism and social change; Appearances are deceptive; Appearance and transformation; The Symbolic Construction of Community; Symbolizing the past; Responding to the present: ethnicity and locality
Summary
Anthony Cohen explores the concept of community in social theory
Notes
Title from digital title page (viewed on February 25, 2011)
