The meanings of social life [electronic resource] : a cultural sociology / by Jeffrey C. Alexander.

By:

Alexander, Jeffrey C, 1947-

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Oxford : Oxford University Press, c2003.Description: 1 online resource (296 p.)ISBN:

9780199944156 (ebook) :

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Additional physical formats: Print version: No titleDDC classification:

301 23

LOC classification:

HM585 .A5 2003

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Oxford scholarship online

Summary: Jeffrey Alexander argues for a cultural sociology that will bring unconscious cultural structures into the broad light of day. 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.

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Jeffrey Alexander argues for a cultural sociology that will bring unconscious cultural structures into the broad light of day. 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.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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