Motive, desire, drive: the discourse of force
A review of the original paper on motive by Blum and McHugh (1971) is used as an occasion to make transparent an approach to social theory as it has developed over the years in their work. This method, in treating motive as an illustration, engages it as an example of the status of the signifier as...
Main Author: | Alan Blum |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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University of Bucharest
2013-12-01
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Series: | Journal of Comparative Research in Anthropology and Sociology |
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Online Access: | http://compaso.eu/wpd/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Motives_Compaso2013-42-Blum.pdf |
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