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Culture is understood here in its wide anthropological and sociological sense; by the subjects of culture, the author means individual producers, informal groups and social movements, NGOs, subjects of social economics, etc.
Iconic power : materiality and meaning in social life / edited by Jeffrey C. Alexander, Dominik Bartmański, and Bernhard Giesen. p. cm. — (Cultural sociology)
DOI: 10.1177/0725513604046953. of culture in contemporary social theory. Forceful appreciation of the autonomy of culture in sociological analysis has permitted Alexander to tran-scend, as well as transform, an earlier adherence to functionalism.
9 paź 2003 · Exposing our everyday myths and narratives in a series of empirical studies that range from Watergate to the Holocaust, it shows how these unseen yet potent cultural structures translate into concrete actions and institutions.
1 kwi 2019 · This article provides a critical examination of the cultural sociology developed by Jeffrey C. Alexander, focusing on his view of the theatricality of social life.
This article provides a critical examination of the cultural sociology developed by Jeffrey C. Alexander, focusing on his view of the theatricality of social life. The argument is that, while Alexander’s perspective do engage in a highly significant
9 paź 2003 · In contrast, Jeffrey Alexander has developed a "strong program" of cultural sociology (Alexander, 2003). He insists that cultural meanings be taken seriously on their own terms, and not...