Description In this book, Victor Turner is concerned with various kinds of social actions and how they relate to, and come to acquire meaning through, metaphors and paradigms in their actors\' minds; how in certain circumstances new forms, new metaphors, new paradigms are generated.
To describe and clarify these processes, he ranges widely in history and geography: from ancient society through the medieval period to modern revolutions, and over India, Africa, Europe, China, and.
Description In this book, Victor Turner is concerned with various kinds of social actions and how they relate to, and come to acquire meaning through, metaphors and paradigms in their actors\' minds; how in certain circumstances new forms, new metaphors, new paradigms are generated
