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The Drama of Social Life

Hardcover • 2017 • 1. edition

The Drama of Social Life

By Jeffrey C. Alexander

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About the book

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 Alexander s 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 ex...Show more

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9781509518128

Publisher

Polity Press

Published year

2017

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The Drama of Social Life

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Hardcover

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