TY - ENCYC

T1 - Tradition

AU - Otto, Ton

PY - 2016

Y1 - 2016

N2 - “Tradition” and its adjective “traditional” are frequently used terms in sociological and anthropological descriptions to indicate cultural continuity with the past. More specifically, tradition refers to the process of handing down from one generation to the next and also to what is passed on: beliefs, practices, institutions, and also things. In this sense, the meaning of the term in social research is very close to its usage in common language and is not always theoretically well developed (see Shils, 1971: 123). But the concept of tradition has also been central to major theoretical debates on the nature of social change, especially in connection with the notion of modernity. Here tradition is linked to various forms of agency as a factor of both stability and intentional change.

AB - “Tradition” and its adjective “traditional” are frequently used terms in sociological and anthropological descriptions to indicate cultural continuity with the past. More specifically, tradition refers to the process of handing down from one generation to the next and also to what is passed on: beliefs, practices, institutions, and also things. In this sense, the meaning of the term in social research is very close to its usage in common language and is not always theoretically well developed (see Shils, 1971: 123). But the concept of tradition has also been central to major theoretical debates on the nature of social change, especially in connection with the notion of modernity. Here tradition is linked to various forms of agency as a factor of both stability and intentional change.

KW - tradition

UR - http://www.sociologyencyclopedia.com/subscriber/tocnode.html?id=g9781405124331_yr2016_chunk_g978140512433126_ss1-35

U2 - 10.1111/b.9781405124331.2007.x

DO - 10.1111/b.9781405124331.2007.x

M3 - Encyclopedia entry

BT - The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology Online

A2 - Ritzer, George

PB - Wiley-Blackwell

CY - Oxford

ER -