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.

Jeffrey Alexander, known for his work in sociological theory, breaks new ground in Action and Its Environments. The book aims to bring action theory and structure theory back together by…

* This is a new study of the relationship between performance and power from one of the world’s leading social theorists * In this volume, Jeffrey Alexander develops a cultural…

This book approaches today’s ‘front page’ issues in Latin America in a unique and compelling way - by framing them inside civil sphere theory, a sociological model of the institutional…

An anthology that thematizes the dramatic upward and downward shifts that have created the social theory. It includes sections on such issues as imperialism, power, civilization clash, health, and performance.

The 2016 U.S. presidential election revealed a nation deeply divided and in flux. Simultaneously intellectual and accessible, this volume is designed to illuminate the 2016 U.S. presidential election and its…

Theorist Clifford Geertz’s influence extends far beyond Anthropology. This volume reflects the breadth of his influence, looking at Geertz as a theorist rather than as an anthropologist. To date there…

The civil sphere is a distinctively democratic field in modern societies, one that sustains universalizing cultural aspirations and organizational structures and that has tense and uncertain boundaries with other spheres…