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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... human beings. They have pointed, in other words, to the compulsory aspects of social life. But what fascinates and frightens me are those collective forces that are not compulsory, the social forces to which we enthusiastically and ...
... human beings. They have pointed, in other words, to the compulsory aspects of social life. But what fascinates and frightens me are those collective forces that are not compulsory, the social forces to which we enthusiastically and ...
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... human sci- ences , the symbolic revolution in anthropology , and the cultural turn in Ameri- can historiography . Behind all these contemporary developments has been the continuing vitality of psychoanalytic thinking in both ...
... human sci- ences , the symbolic revolution in anthropology , and the cultural turn in Ameri- can historiography . Behind all these contemporary developments has been the continuing vitality of psychoanalytic thinking in both ...
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... human beings cannot be entirely reflective and critical about. If we understand this, we can separate knowledge from power and not become only a servant to it. This page intentionally left blank THE STRONG PROGRAM IN CULTURAL The ...
... human beings cannot be entirely reflective and critical about. If we understand this, we can separate knowledge from power and not become only a servant to it. This page intentionally left blank THE STRONG PROGRAM IN CULTURAL The ...
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... human sciences . As with any profound intellectual shift , this has been a process characterized by leads and lags . In Britain , for example , cul- ture has been making headway since the early 1970s . In the United States , the tide ...
... human sciences . As with any profound intellectual shift , this has been a process characterized by leads and lags . In Britain , for example , cul- ture has been making headway since the early 1970s . In the United States , the tide ...
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... human action as insipidly or brutally instrumental, as if it were constructed without reference to the internal ... humans together in common projects and destinies. This early suggestion that alienation is not only the reflection ...
... human action as insipidly or brutally instrumental, as if it were constructed without reference to the internal ... humans together in common projects and destinies. This early suggestion that alienation is not only the reflection ...
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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