Bibliograph

The meanings of social life, a cultural sociology, by Jeffrey C. Alexander

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The meanings of social life, a cultural sociology, by Jeffrey C. Alexander

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The meanings of social life

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

51258793

Responsibility statement

by Jeffrey C. Alexander

Sub title

a cultural sociology

Table Of Contents

Introduction: The meanings of (social) life: on the origins of a cultural sociology -- 1. The strong program in cultural sociology (with Philip Smith) -- 2. On the social construction of "moral universals" -- 3. The "holocaust" from war crime to trauma drama: Cultural trauma and collective idenitity -- 4. A cultural sociology of evil -- 5. The discourse of American civil society (with Smith) -- 6. Watergate as democratic ritual -- 7. The sacred and profane information machine -- 8. Modern, anti, post, and neo: how intellectuals explain "our time."

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