ISBN:
9780511616839
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (xv, 374 pages)
,
digital, PDF file(s).
Series Statement:
Cambridge cultural social studies
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Social performance
DDC:
306.01
Keywords:
Culture.
;
Performative (Philosophy)
;
Action theory.
;
Symbolism (Psychology)
;
Cognition and culture.
;
Symbolic interactionism.
;
Symbolic interactionism
;
Symbolism (Psychology)
;
Action theory
;
Performative (Philosophy)
;
Cognition and culture
;
Culture
;
Culture
;
Performative (Philosophy)
;
Action theory
;
Symbolism (Psychology)
;
Cognition and culture
;
Symbolic interactionism
;
Politik
;
Politische Kultur
;
Symbol
;
Ritual
;
Gesellschaft
;
Soziale Bewegung
;
Protestbewegung
;
Verhaltenssoziologie
;
Soziales Handeln
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Symbolik
;
Soziales Handeln
;
Kultursoziologie
;
Soziales Handeln
;
Ritual
;
Soziologische Theorie
;
Performanz
Abstract:
Jeffrey C. Alexander brings together new and leading contributors to make a powerful and coherently argued case for a new direction in cultural sociology, one that focuses on the intersection between performance, ritual and social action. Performance has always been used by sociologists to understand the social world but this volume offers the first systematic analytical framework based on the performance metaphor to explain large-scale social and cultural processes. From September 11, to the Clinton/Lewinsky affair, to the role of the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission, Social Performance draws on recent work in performative theory in the humanities and in cultural studies to offer a novel approach to the sociology of culture. Inspired by the theories of Austin, Derrida, Durkheim, Goffman, and Turner, this is a path-breaking volume that makes a major contribution to the field. It will appeal to scholars and students alike.
Abstract:
Introduction : Symbolic action in theory and practice : the cultural pragmatics of symbolic action / Jeffrey C. Alexander and Jason L. Mast -- Cultural pragmatics : social performance between ritual and strategy ; From the depths of despair : performance, counterperformance, and "September 11" / Jeffrey C. Alexander -- The cultural pragmatics of event-ness : the Clinton/Lewinsky affair / Jason L. Mast -- Social dramas, shipwrecks, and cockfights : conflict and complicity in social performance / Isaac Reed -- Performing a "new" nation : the role of the TRC in South Africa / Tanya Goodman -- Performing opposition or, how social movements move / Ron Eyerman -- Politics as theatre : an alternative view of the rationalities of power / David E. Apter -- Symbols in action : Willy Brandt's kneefall at the Warsaw memorial / Valentin Rauer -- The promise of performance and the problem of order / Kay Junge -- Performance art / Bernhard Giesen -- Performing the sacred : a Durkheimian perspective on the performative turn in the social sciences / Bernhard Giesen
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DOI:
10.1017/CBO9780511616839
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