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Alexander, Jeffrey C.

The meanings of social life a cultural sociology / [electronic resource] : by Jeffrey C. Alexander. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2003. - 296 p.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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".


Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
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Subjects--Topical Terms:
Sociology.
Prejudices.
Culture.
Violence.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: HM585 / .A5 2003eb

Dewey Class. No.: 301