Social Terms Dictionary

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SOCIAL TERM: Περιβάλλον / Environment
APPROVED DEFINITIONS FOR TERM: 2
TERM TYPE: Theoretical

SOCIAL TERM: Επιστημολογία / Epistemology
APPROVED DEFINITIONS FOR TERM: 2
TERM TYPE: Theoretical

SOCIAL TERM: Εθνοτική κοινότητα / Ethnie – ethnic group
APPROVED DEFINITIONS FOR TERM: 1
TERM TYPE: Theoretical

SOCIAL TERM: Συμβάν / Event
APPROVED DEFINITIONS FOR TERM: 1
TERM TYPE: Theoretical
DEFINITION (1): The event is a relation between a happening and a structure (or structures) (Sahlins, 1985,p. 14)... a relation between a certain happening and a given symbolic system.
DEFINITION TYPE: Nominal
DEFINITION WRITER: Deligiannidou Maria
DEFINITION COMMENTS: As a happening... an event has its own “objective” properties and reasons stemming from other worlds (systems), it is not these properties as such that give it effect but their significance as projected from some cultural scheme (Sahlins 1985: 153). -Sahlins, M., 1985. Islands of History. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, σ. 153
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SOCIAL TERM: Εξέλιξη / Evolution
APPROVED DEFINITIONS FOR TERM: 2
TERM TYPE: Theoretical