The Civil Sphere
by Jeffrey C. Alexander 2020-07-22 20:39:22
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What binds societies together and how can these social orders be structured in a fair way? Jeffrey C. Alexander''s masterful work, The Civil Sphere, addresses this central paradox of modern life. Feelings for others--the solidarity that is ignored or... Read more
What binds societies together and how can these social orders be structured in a fair way? Jeffrey C. Alexander''s masterful work, The Civil Sphere, addresses this central paradox of modern life. Feelings for others--the solidarity that is ignored or underplayed by theories of power orself-interest--are at the heart of this novel inquiry into the meeting place between normative theories of what we think we should do and empirical studies of who we actually are. Solidarity, Alexander demonstrates, creates inclusive and exclusive social structures and shows how they can berepaired. It is not perfect, it is not absolute, and the horrors which occur in its lapses have been seen all too frequently in the forms of discrimination, genocide, and war. Despite its worldly flaws and contradictions, however, solidarity and the project of civil society remain our best hope: theantidote to every divisive institution, every unfair distribution, every abusive and dominating hierarchy. This grand, sweeping statement and rigorous empirical investigation is a major contribution to our thinking about the real but ideal world in which we all reside. Less
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  • 9.18x6.5x1.92inches
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  • Oxford University Press, USA
  • August 1, 2006
  • English
  • 9780195162509
Jeffrey C. Alexander is the Lillian Chavenson Saden Professor of Sociology at Yale University and Co-Director of the Center for Cultural Sociology at Yale....
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