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 | Discourse and the Construction of Society: Comparative Studies of Myth, Ritual, and Classification (Updated Edition) by Bruce Lincoln Paperback, 256 Pages, Published 1992 ISBN-10: 0-19-507909-4 / 0195079094 ISBN-13: 978-0-19-507909-8 / 9780195079098 In this bold theoretical work, Bruce Lincoln explores the ways in which myth, ritual, and classification hold human societies together--and how, in times of crisis, they can be used to take a society apart and reconstruct it. Without overlooking the role of coercive force in the maintenance (or ove | |