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Methods of Discovery
Abbott helps social science students discover what questions to ask. This exciting book is not about habits and the mechanics of doing social science research, but about habits of …
The Civil Sphere
What binds societies together and how can these social orders be structured in a fair way? Jeffrey C. Alexander's masterful work, The Civil Sphere, addresses this central paradox …
Den sivile sfære
I denne boka møtes de normative og empiriske vitenskapene, og de møtes på området for sivilsamfunnet. Vi trenger et nytt begrep om sivilsamfunnet som en sivil sfære, en sfære av …
Kulturell sociologi : program, teori och praktik
Jeffrey C. Alexander förespråkar en kulturell sociologi. Utgångspunkten är att samhälleliga institutioner och sociala handlingar alltid är inbäddade i meningssammanhang. Mening är …
Remembering the Holocaust
Remembering the Holocaust explains why the Holocaust has come to be considered the central event of the 20th century, and what this means. Presenting Jeffrey Alexander's …
Evolution, Games, and God
According to the reigning competition-driven model of evolution, selfish behaviors that maximize an organism’s reproductive potential offer a fitness advantage over …
Action and Its Environments
Jeffrey Alexander, known for his work in sociological theory, breaks new ground in Action and Its Environments. His emphasis here is directly empirical and normative. He builds …
Performance of Politics
Contemporary observers of politics in America often reduce democracy to demography. Whatever portion of the vote not explained by the class, gender, race, and religious differences …
The Dark Side of Modernity
In this book, one of the world’s leading social theorists presents a critical, alarmed, but also nuanced understanding of the post-traditional world we inhabit today. Jeffrey …
Self, Social Structure, and Beliefs
Teacher, scholar, and leader, Neil Smelser stands as an iconic figure in sociology in the second half of the twentieth century. The essays in this volume, written by prominent …
Narrating Trauma
Through case studies that examine historical and contemporary crises across the world, the contributing writers to this volume explore the cultural and social construction of …