The Meanings of Social Life: A Cultural SociologyOxford University Press, 18 sept 2003 - 312 páginas In The Meanings of Social Life , Jeffrey Alexander presents a new approach to how culture works in contemporary societies. Exposing our everyday myths and narratives in a series of empirical studies that range from Watergate to the Holocaust, he shows how these unseen yet potent cultural structures translate into concrete actions and institutions. Only when these deep patterns of meaning are revealed, Alexander argues, can we understand the stubborn staying power of violence and degradation, but also the steady persistence of hope. By understanding the darker structures that restrict our imagination, we can seek to transform them. By recognizing the culture structures that sustain hope, we can allow our idealistic imaginations to gain more traction in the world. A work that will transform the way that sociologists think about culture and the social world, this book confirms Jeffrey Alexander's reputation as one of the major social theorists of our day. |
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... Common Sense about the Alternative to the Good , " in M. P. Lara , ed . , Rethinking Evil : Contemporary Perspectives . Berkeley and Los Angeles , University of California Press , 2001 . This page intentionally left blank.
... Common Sense about the Alternative to the Good , " in M. P. Lara , ed . , Rethinking Evil : Contemporary Perspectives . Berkeley and Los Angeles , University of California Press , 2001 . This page intentionally left blank.
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... contemporary life. In the history of the social sciences there has always been a sociology of cul- ture. Whether it had been called the sociology of knowledge, the sociology of art, the sociology of religion, or the sociology of ...
... contemporary life. In the history of the social sciences there has always been a sociology of cul- ture. Whether it had been called the sociology of knowledge, the sociology of art, the sociology of religion, or the sociology of ...
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... contemporary developments has been the continuing vitality of psychoanalytic thinking in both intellectual and everyday life . It has been in response to these significant movements in our intellectual environment that the slow , uneven ...
... contemporary developments has been the continuing vitality of psychoanalytic thinking in both intellectual and everyday life . It has been in response to these significant movements in our intellectual environment that the slow , uneven ...
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... contemporary theories of social life. If we are to understand how the in- sights of Weber's religion-soziologie can be applied to the nonreligious domains of secular society, we need a cultural sociology. Only by understanding the ...
... contemporary theories of social life. If we are to understand how the in- sights of Weber's religion-soziologie can be applied to the nonreligious domains of secular society, we need a cultural sociology. Only by understanding the ...
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... of plants , the shape of hills , and the drainage patterns followed by rivers in terms of underlying geology . In this chapter , we intend to I I apply this principle to the enterprise of contemporary cultural sociology I.
... of plants , the shape of hills , and the drainage patterns followed by rivers in terms of underlying geology . In this chapter , we intend to I I apply this principle to the enterprise of contemporary cultural sociology I.
Índice
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The Holocaust from War Crime to Trauma Drama | 27 |
3 Cultural Trauma and Collective Identity | 85 |
4 A Cultural Sociology of Evil | 109 |
5 The Discourse of American Civil Society with Philip Smith | 121 |
6 Watergate as Democratic Ritual | 155 |
7 The Sacred and Profane Information Machine | 179 |
How Intellectuals Explain Our Time | 193 |
Notes | 229 |
References | 271 |
Index | 293 |
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The Meanings of Social Life: A Cultural Sociology Jeffrey C. Alexander Vista previa restringida - 2003 |
The Meanings of Social Life: A Cultural Sociology Jeffrey C. Alexander Vista previa restringida - 2003 |
The Meanings of Social Life: A Cultural Sociology Jeffrey C. Alexander Vista previa restringida - 2003 |
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