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Cultural Trauma and Collective Identity. by. Jeffrey C. Alexander, Ron Eyerman, Bernard Giesen, Neil J. Smelser, Piotr Sztompka. 3.88 avg rating — 73 ratings — published 2004 — 5 editions. Want to Read saving….
Although this book stakes out new ground, in Action and Its Environments Alexander exhibits the same combination of insight and forceful argument that have won his earlier work high acclaim. Preface. Acknowledgments. IntroductionPart I: The Problem Stated. One: Social-Structural Analysis: Presuppositions, Ideologies, Empirical DebatesPart II ...
Mar 22, 2004 · About this book. In this collaboratively authored work, five distinguished sociologists develop an ambitious theoretical model of "cultural trauma"—and on this basis build a new understanding of how social groups interact with emotion to create new and binding understandings of social responsibility. Looking at the "meaning making process" as ...
- Jeffrey C. Alexander, Ron Eyerman, Bernard Giesen, Neil J. Smelser, Piotr Sztompka
- March 22, 2004
- 2004
In this book Jeffrey C. Alexander develops an original social theory of trauma and uses it to carry out a series of empirical investigations into social suffering around the globe. Alexander argues that traumas are not merely psychological but collective experiences, and that trauma work plays a key role in defining the origins and outcomes of critical social conflicts.
School or tradition. Neofunctionalism. Institutions. University of California, Los Angeles. Yale University. Jeffrey Charles Alexander (born 1947) is an American sociologist, and a prominent social theorist. He is the founding figure in the school of cultural sociology he refers to as the "strong program".
Jeffrey Charles Alexander is an American sociologist, and one of the world's leading social theorists. He is the founding figure in the school of cultural sociology he refers to as the "strong program" Jeffrey Charles Alexander is an American sociologist, and one of the world's leading social theorists.
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