About the Author
Bruce Lincoln is Caroline E. Haskell Distinguished
Service Professor of the History of Religions in the Divinity
School, the University of Chicago. He has published four other
books, including Priests, Warriors, and Cattle: A Study in the
Ecology of Religions, which won the American Council of
Learned Societies Prize as Best New Book in History of Religions in
1981.
Reviews
"I read Bruce Lincoln's Discourse and the Construction of Society
with pleasure and profit; he has the art of stating complicated
ideas plainly without simplifying them, and the gift for finding
telling examples; together these two qualities make his book
engaging--and also useful. It is a kind of kit for thinking about
society."--James Redfield, University of Chicago
"Offers a perspective on how different processes of orally
delivered discourse can be used for the creation, maintenance, or
disintegration of society. It raises our consciousness of the power
of discourse, not only as narrative that informs but also as
polemic that can create and destroy."--OralHistory
"Lincoln's works always bring a breath of fresh air, and this one
no exception....His use and treatment of a multiplicity of fields
make his work relevant to many disciplines, including the history
of religions, anthropology, sociology, political science, and
semiotics. Highly recommended."--Religious Studies Review
"Discourse and the Construction of Society is a helpful monkey
wrench for canonbusters, cultural and political activists, and
other demystifiers of dominant discourse. In this
cross-disciplinary study...Lincoln...examines the role of symbolic
discourse and its ugly cousin, force, in constructing
society."--Voice Literary Supplement
"The book's heterogeneity is vivid and its author adroit--his sense
of loose links among rituals of resistance from highbrow politics
and lowbrow media events alike should make good classroom
fare."--American Anthropologist
"I read Bruce Lincoln's Discourse and the Construction of Society
with pleasure and profit; he has the art of stating complicated
ideas plainly without simplifying them, and the gift for finding
telling examples; together these two qualities make his book
engaging--and also useful. It is a kind of kit for thinking about
society."--James Redfield, University of Chicago
"Offers a perspective on how different processes of orally
delivered discourse can be used for the creation, maintenance, or
disintegration of society. It raises our consciousness of the power
of discourse, not only as narrative that informs but also as
polemic that can create and destroy."--Oral History
"Lincoln's works always bring a breath of fresh air, and this one
no exception....His use and treatment of a multiplicity of fields
make his work relevant to many disciplines, including the history
of religions, anthropology, sociology, political science, and
semiotics. Highly recommended."--Religious Studies Review
"Discourse and the Construction of Society is a helpful monkey
wrench for canonbusters, cultural and political activists, and
other demystifiers of dominant discourse. In this
cross-disciplinary study...Lincoln...examines the role of symbolic
discourse and its ugly cousin, force, in constructing
society."--Voice Literary Supplement
"The book's heterogeneity is vivid and its author adroit--his sense
of loose links among rituals of resistance from highbrow politics
and lowbrow media events alike should make good classroom
fare."--American Anthropologist
"I read Bruce Lincoln's Discourse and the Construction of Society
with pleasure and profit; he has the art of stating complicated
ideas plainly without simplifying them, and the gift for finding
telling examples; together these two qualities make his book
engaging--and also useful. It is a kind of
kit for thinking about society."--James Redfield, University of
Chicago
"Offers a perspective on how different processes of orally
delivered discourse can be used for the creation, maintenance, or
disintegration of society. It raises our consciousness of the power
of discourse, not only as narrative that informs but also as
polemic that can create and destroy."--Oral
History
"Lincoln's works always bring a breath of fresh air, and this one
no exception....His use and treatment of a multiplicity of fields
make his work relevant to many disciplines, including the history
of religions, anthropology, sociology, political science, and
semiotics. Highly
recommended."--Religious Studies Review
"Discourse and the Construction of Society is a helpful monkey
wrench for canonbusters, cultural and political activists, and
other demystifiers of dominant discourse. In this
cross-disciplinary study...Lincoln...examines the role of symbolic
discourse and its ugly cousin, force, in constructing
society."--Voice Literary Supplement
"The book's heterogeneity is vivid and its author adroit--his sense
of loose links among rituals of resistance from highbrow politics
and lowbrow media events alike should make good classroom
fare."--American Anthropologist
"I read Bruce Lincoln's Discourse and the Construction of Society
with pleasure and profit; he has the art of stating complicated
ideas plainly without simplifying them, and the gift for finding
telling examples; together these two qualities make his book
engaging--and also useful. It is a kind of
kit for thinking about society."--James Redfield, University of
Chicago
"Offers a perspective on how different processes of orally
delivered discourse can be used for the creation, maintenance, or
disintegration of society. It raises our consciousness of the power
of discourse, not only as narrative that informs but also as
polemic that can create and destroy."--Oral
History
"Lincoln's works always bring a breath of fresh air, and this one
no exception....His use and treatment of a multiplicity of fields
make his work relevant to many disciplines, including the history
of religions, anthropology, sociology, political science, and
semiotics. Highly
recommended."--Religious Studies Review
"Discourse and the Construction of Society is a helpful monkey
wrench for canonbusters, cultural and political activists, and
other demystifiers of dominant discourse. In this
cross-disciplinary study...Lincoln...examines the role of symbolic
discourse and its ugly cousin, force, in constructing
society."--Voice Literary Supplement
"The book's heterogeneity is vivid and its author adroit--his sense
of loose links among rituals of resistance from highbrow politics
and lowbrow media events alike should make good classroom
fare."--American Anthropologist
