Society and Culture: Scarcity and SolidaritySociety and Culture reclaims the classical heritage, provides a clear-eyed assessment of the promise of sociology in the 21st century and asks whether the `cultural turn' has made the study of society redundant. Sociologists have objected to the rise of cultural studies on the grounds that it produces cultural relativism and lacks a stable research agenda. This book looks at these criticisms and illustrates the relevance of a sociological perspective in the analysis of human practice. The book argues that the classical tradition must be treated as a living tradition, rather than a period piece. It analyzes the fundamental principles of belonging and conflict in society and provides a detailed critical survey of the p |
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... identity politics was therefore a suspect attempt to retain vestiges of collectivist agency in cultural theory and ... identity , linear history in personal biography and collectivist evolution were deeply problematized ...
... identity politics was therefore a suspect attempt to retain vestiges of collectivist agency in cultural theory and ... identity , linear history in personal biography and collectivist evolution were deeply problematized ...
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... identity . However , romantic love and reflexive modernity have to be seen in a deeper and broader historical context . The notions of romantic love as romantic adventure and sexuality as risk are not a product of the twentieth ...
... identity . However , romantic love and reflexive modernity have to be seen in a deeper and broader historical context . The notions of romantic love as romantic adventure and sexuality as risk are not a product of the twentieth ...
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... identity , especially gender identity , is embodied and that the transformation of our traditional habitus must include the transformation of identities or sexualities . The twentieth- century philosopher who perhaps saw this coming ...
... identity , especially gender identity , is embodied and that the transformation of our traditional habitus must include the transformation of identities or sexualities . The twentieth- century philosopher who perhaps saw this coming ...
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