Sentences with phrase «different symbolic universes»

He also suggests that in a pluralistic culture elements of several different symbolic universes may be combined to form an individual's worldview.

Research has also explored the question of whether the content of different symbolic universes tends to predict differences in more specific attitudes or lifestyle attributes.

The evidence thus tends to support the idea that in a pluralistic culture individuals are likely to draw on several different symbolic universes to cope with broad questions of meaning and purpose.

Not exact matches

Another study, also conducted in the San Francisco area, demonstrated that symbolic universes tend not to be applied with high degrees of consistency to different types of questions.

He defines symbolic universes as «bodies of theoretical tradition that integrate different provinces of meaning and encompass the institutional order in a symbolic totality.

In Adriano Costa's installation, From My Body Comes, Through Your Body Goes, an enigmatic composition by different materials, shapes, textures and colours broadens the boundary between art and non-art, precious and valueless, while what is considered as our commodity culture is transformed into a symbolic universe.