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The Alexander School of Cultural Sociology
Thesis Eleven 79 (1):5-15 (2004)
Abstract
I pursue three aims in this article: (1) a contextualization of Jeffrey Alexander’s cultural sociology within the broader trajectory of his intellectual development; (2) a sketch of the key ideas of his approach to cultural analysis against the backdrop of contemporary debates regarding culture and social structure; and (3) an appreciation and critical assessment of Alexander’s programOther Versions
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The discourse of American civil society: a new proposal for cultural studies.Jeffrey C. Alexander & Philip Smith - 1993 - Theory and Society 22 (2):151-207.
What's political or cultural about political culture and the public sphere? Toward an historical sociology of concept formation.Margaret R. Somers - 1995 - Sociological Theory 13 (2):113-144.
After Neofunctionalism: Action, Culture, and Civil Society.Jeffrey C. Alexander - 1998 - In Neofunctionalism and after. Malden, Mass.: Blackwell. pp. 210--33.
Structure and agency and the sticky problem of culture.Sharon Hays - 1994 - Sociological Theory 12 (1):57-72.
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