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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.
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By collective trauma, on the other hand, I mean a blow to...
- With Philip Smith
The fault line at the heart of current debates lies between...
- Watergate as Democratic Ritual
During the summer of 1972 one can trace a complex symbolic...
- A Cultural Sociology of Evil
Abstract. This chapter explores the concept of the cultural...
- Preface
During this same period of time, I developed a close network...
- Acknowledgments
“Cultural Sociology or Sociology of Culture: Towards a...
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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.
Emile Durkheim has suggested that from an anthropological and sociological point of view, education must be more meaningful than many modern educa- tional philosophies suggest. Durkheim stated that "education is the influence exercised by adult generations on those not yet ready for social life.
9 paź 2003 · This book 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...
This introductory chapter discusses the theme of this volume, which is about social life and cultural sociology.
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...
16 cze 2005 · We no longer have to rely on navel-gazing and speculation to understand why people are the way they are; we can instead turn to solid, objective findings. This book not only summarizes what we know about people; it also offers a coherent, easy-to-understand though radical, explanation.
