Life's Work: History, Biography, and Ideas
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چکیده
Part personal autobiography, part intellectual history, this article offers lessons from a long career, reflections on my sociological contributions, and an account of how major social changes shaped trajectory made me the sociologist I am. also offer assessment some central ideas new suggestions about to understand culture.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Annual Review of Sociology
سال: 2023
ISSN: ['1545-2115', '0360-0572']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-soc-031021-040416