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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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One of the great advantages of this new theoretical concept...
- With Philip Smith
Lévi-Strauss famously wrote that the study of culture should...
- Watergate as Democratic Ritual
During the summer of 1972 one can trace a complex symbolic...
- A Cultural Sociology of Evil
To appreciate the pervasiveness of this truncated conception...
- Preface
During this same period of time, I developed a close network...
- Acknowledgments
Introduction The meanings of (social) life: On the Origins...
- Dedication
Conservation of the Environment (Social Science)...
- Notes
1. Alexander (1996a) posited this dichotomy. This chapter...
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Modern men and women go about their lives without really knowing why. Why do we work for such a long time every day? Why do we finish one war only to fight another? Why are we so obsessed with technology? Why do we live in an age of scandal?
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.
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...
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...
Containing contributions from American and British social anthropologists and historians, the volume bridges the disciplines of social history, cultural anthropology, and economics, and marks a major step in our understanding of the cultural basis of economic life and the sociology of culture.
Human Nature and Social Life brings together a collection of articles by prominent anthropologists to address these questions. The articles show how the fundamentally social nature of humans results in an extension of sociality to virtual, semiotic-material and nonhuman spheres, with humans therefore becoming part of 'extended socialities'.
