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13:55 Oct 13, 2017 |
Spanish to English translations [PRO] Social Sciences - Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc. / Parenting | |||||||
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| Selected response from: Charles Davis Spain Local time: 20:35 | ||||||
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4 +5 | in the social imaginary |
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4 | Social ideologies |
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in the social imaginary Explanation: Tal cual. It's a standard term in sociology and also very widely used in cultural theory and art criticism nowadays. "The imaginary, or social imaginary is the set of values, institutions, laws, and symbols common to a particular social group and the corresponding society through which people imagine their social whole." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imaginary_(sociology) -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 33 mins (2017-10-13 14:28:33 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Here's a British blog post on the uses of "imaginary" as a noun in English in the social sciences. The authors start by saying: "The word ‘imaginary’ as a noun is a jargon term that has been gaining currency in a number of social sciences. It grates on those who have not come across this usage before, as in ordinary language the word is mainly used as an adjective." They quote the Wikipedia definition (see above), but add: "Social imaginaries “are ways of understanding the social that become social entities themselves, mediating collective life” and shaping the way we live now and into the future." They also make the point that "imaginary" as a noun has been in the Oxford English Dictionary since 1999. http://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/makingsciencepublic/2015/04/23... I know people who use it in conversation: people who read a lot about contemporary culture. |
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