Pregled bibliografske jedinice broj: 845758
In Praise of Sociology of Culture, or: On the Strenghts of the "Weak Programs"
In Praise of Sociology of Culture, or: On the Strenghts of the "Weak Programs" // Emergent Culture - 6th midterm Conference of the European Sociological Association’s Research Network Sociology of Culture (RN7) / Almila, Anna-Mari (ur.).
Exeter: European Sociological Association (ESA), 2016. str. n.p.-n.p. (predavanje, međunarodna recenzija, sažetak, znanstveni)
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Naslov
In Praise of Sociology of Culture, or: On the Strenghts of the "Weak Programs"
Autori
Petric, Mirko
Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni
Izvornik
Emergent Culture - 6th midterm Conference of the European Sociological Association’s Research Network Sociology of Culture (RN7)
/ Almila, Anna-Mari - Exeter : European Sociological Association (ESA), 2016, N.p.-n.p.
Skup
Emergent Culture - 6th midterm Conference of the European Sociological Association’s Research Network Sociology of Culture (RN7)
Mjesto i datum
Exeter, Ujedinjeno Kraljevstvo, 16.11.2016. - 18.11.2016
Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje
Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija
Ključne riječi
cultural sociology; sociology of culture; Jeffrey Alexander; "strong program"
Sažetak
This paper is a discussion of why the study of culture as a ‘dependent variable’, as exemplified in what Alexander and Smith (2002) term to be ‘weak programs in contemporary cultural theory’, should be viewed as topical and stimulating in the present-day context. At the centre of analysis is a notable productivity of the approaches built upon the ‘thin descriptions’ produced by Bourdieu- inspired culture and class analyses, as well as the significance of research on the ‘production and reception of culture’ in the context of the emerging cultural policy approaches, critical of the previously hegemonic ’creative industries’ and ‘economy of culture’ perspectives. It is argued that to speak of the renewed importance of the sociology of culture is not to suggest that ‘culture is something to be explained, by something else entirely separated from the domain of meaning itself’, as Alexander and Smith state in their programmatic essay. On the contrary, it is claimed that the empirical findings and theoretical premises of the discussed ‘weak approaches’ are in the contemporary context closely related to the possibilities of generation of cultural meaning, which in turn also ‘plays a role in shaping social life’. It is argued that, after the period of dominance of the ‘strong program’ of ‘cultural sociology’, it would now be productive to conceive the sociological study of culture in a more ‘multi-paradigmatic’ way.
Izvorni jezik
Engleski
Znanstvena područja
Sociologija
