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The Drama of Social Life

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Erschienen am 05.06.2017, Auflage: 1/2017
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ISBN/EAN: 9781509518166
Sprache: Englisch
Umfang: 180 S., 0.81 MB
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Beschreibung

In this book Jeffrey Alexander develops the view that cultural sociology and cultural pragmatics are vital for understanding the structural turbulence and political possibilities of contemporary social life.

Central to Alexanders approach is a new model of social performance that combines elements from both the theatrical avant-garde and modern social theory. He uses this model to shed new light on a wide range of social actors, movements, and events, demonstrating through striking empirical examples the drama of social life. Producing successful dramas determines the outcome of social movements and provides the keys to political power. Modernity has neither eliminated aura nor suppressed authenticity; on the contrary, they are available to social actors who can perform them in compelling ways.

This volume further consolidates Alexanders reputation as one of the most original social thinkers of our time. It will be of great interest to students and scholars in sociology and cultural studies as well as throughout the social sciences and humanities.

Autorenportrait

Jeffrey C. Alexander is the Lillian Chavenson Saden Professor of Sociology at Yale University and Co-Director of the Center for Cultural Sociology at Yale.

Inhalt

Preface and Acknowledgements Introduction: A New Theory of Modernity from Ritual to Performance 1. Seizing the Stage: Mao, MLK, and Black Lives Matter Today 2. Revolutionary Performance in Egypt: The 2011 Uprising 3. Political Performance in the U.S.: Obama?s 2012 Re-Election 4. Dramatic Intellectuals 5. Social Theory and the Theatrical Avant-Guard Notes

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