03246nam 22007454a 450 991079221740332120230617011829.00-19-020757-40-19-530640-60-19-803646-90-19-530373-31-280-53259-9(CKB)2560000000301348(EBL)316370(OCoLC)58992173(SSID)ssj0000199856(PQKBManifestationID)11201603(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000199856(PQKBWorkID)10196187(PQKB)10032929(SSID)ssj0001147106(PQKBManifestationID)12503925(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001147106(PQKBWorkID)11130142(PQKB)11418768(StDuBDS)EDZ0000082835(MiAaPQ)EBC316370(Au-PeEL)EBL316370(CaPaEBR)ebr10085314(CaONFJC)MIL53259(MiAaPQ)EBC7034347(Au-PeEL)EBL7034347(EXLCZ)99256000000030134820021209d2003 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe meanings of social life[electronic resource] a cultural sociology /by Jeffrey C. AlexanderOxford ;New York Oxford University Pressc20031 online resource (309 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-516084-3 0-19-994415-6 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". Modern men and women go about their lives without really knowing why. Why do we work for such a long time every day? Why are we so obsessed with technology? Why do we continuously construct scandals? Why do we finish one war only to fight another? <br> If we had to explain these things, we would say ""it just makes sense"" or ""it's necessary"" or ""it's what good (or bad) people do"". But when we say that the war against terrorism is necessary and rational we use a rhetoric of good and evil, of friends and enemies, of honor, conscience, loyalty, of civilization and primeval chaos. These rhetSociologyPrejudicesCultureViolenceSociology.Prejudices.Culture.Violence.301Alexander Jeffrey C39909MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910792217403321The meanings of social life3683138UNINA