Klik på en miniature for at gå til Google Books
Indlæser... The Seven Day Circle: The History and Meaning of the Weekaf Eviatar Zerubavel
Ingen Indlæser...
Bliv medlem af LibraryThing for at finde ud af, om du vil kunne lide denne bog. Der er ingen diskussionstråde på Snak om denne bog. ingen anmeldelser | tilføj en anmeldelse
"Days, months, and years were given to us by nature, but we invented the week for ourselves. There is nothing inevitable about a seven-day cycle, or about any other kind of week; it represents an arbitrary rhythm imposed on our activities, unrelated to anything in the natural order. But where the week exists--and there have been many cultures where it doesn't--it is so deeply embedded in our experience that we hardly ever question its rightness, or think of it as an artificial convention; for most of us it is a matter of 'second nature.' No library descriptions found. |
Current DiscussionsIngen
Google Books — Indlæser... GenrerMelvil Decimal System (DDC)394Social sciences Customs, Etiquette, Folklore General CustomsLC-klassificeringVurderingGennemsnit:
Er det dig?Bliv LibraryThing-forfatter. |
* Some cultures have a week length that is different than 7 days.
* Attempts to change the length of the week failed:
- French 5 days
- Russian 10 days
* This book has a number of tables that I didn’t work to decipher. ( )