Small Steps and Giant Leaps: The Social Phenomenology of Distance

Author/Contributor(s):	Zerubavel, Eviatar
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Date:	10/09/2026
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

Neil Armstrong's historic "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind" constitutes one of the most famous public announcements ever recorded. Examining how categorizing affects our perception of distance, Small Steps and Giant Leaps explores what Eviatar Zerubavel terms "The Neil Armstrong Effect," the cognitive tendency to exaggerate perceived differences between cultural categories, and its importance to social classification and category construction.