Two Dimensional Man: An Essay on the Anthropology of Power and Symbolism in Complex Society by Abner Cohen - 1974

Routledge & Kegan Paul Plc, 1974. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. Dust jacket in fair condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,450grams, ISBN:0710077939

London: Routledge & Kegan Paul . xii 174pp hardback, brown cloth gilt in wrapper, ownership signature and small stain to fore-edges, good in a good wrapper . Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1974.

Routledge & Kegan Paul PLC, 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. 156 pages (complete). Jacket shelf rubbed, corner nip, marked. Boards edge worn and a bit marked. Mild tanning, a bit foxing, pencil annotation, markings. Still in good condition, tightly bound and intact. 1st edition. MK.. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

London : Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1974. 1st edition. Hardcover. Near fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 156 pages, 22 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Contents: Introduction: the bizarre and the mystical in modern society; The hidden dimension of organisation; Psychological and culturological explanations; Orientations in sociology and political science; The approach from political anthropology; Outline of the argument; 2 Power relations and symbolic action; The central theoretical issue in political anthropology; The power order; The symbolic order; Form and function of symbolic formations; 3 The dialectics of politico-symbolic interdependence; Continuity and change in symbolic formations; Action theorists (or transactionalists); Thought structuralists; Analysis v. description in social science; 4 Political… Read More