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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
The Meanings of Social Life: A Cultural Sociology Jeffrey C....
- Preface
During this same period of time, I developed a close network...
- Acknowledgments
I am grateful to the following for giving me permission to...
- Dedication
Introduction The meanings of (social) life: On the Origins...
- Notes
1. Alexander (1996a) posited this dichotomy. This chapter...
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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.
CONTENTS. Introduction: The Meanings of (Social) Life: On the Origins of a Cultural Sociology 3. The Strong Program in Cultural Sociology: Elements of a Structural Hermeneutics (with Philip Smith) 11. On the Social Construction of Moral Universals: The “Holocaust” from War Crime to Trauma Drama 27.
18 wrz 2003 · 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 · This book not only summarizes what we know about people; it also offers a coherent, easy-to-understand though radical, explanation. Turning conventional wisdom on its head, the author argues that culture shaped human evolution.
9 paź 2003 · Abstract. 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...
24 lis 2005 · 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.
