A pragmatic critique of the conception of everyday praxis within Jeffrey Alexander’s cultural sociology
This paper tries to critically analyse Jeffrey Alexander’s cultural sociology. In the first part of the paper I will examine Alexander’s conception of hermeneutical structuralism which argues that conventional systemic sociology and richness of experience found in everyday praxis can be reconcil...
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| description | This paper tries to critically analyse Jeffrey Alexander’s cultural sociology. In the first part of the paper I will examine Alexander’s conception of hermeneutical structuralism which argues that conventional systemic sociology and richness of experience found in everyday praxis can be reconciled. In the next section I will provide a critique of this kind of approach to social theory and maintain that Alexander’s sociology is, in principle, reductionist regarding everyday life. In addition, I will also point out some of the comparative advantages that pragmatically oriented theory has in the attempt of integrating theoretical and practical knowledge. In the final section of the paper, I will try to illustrate some of the major shortcomings of Alexander’s sociology on the concrete example of advances in computer technology. [Projekat Ministarstva nauke Republike Srbije, br. 43007: Istrаživаnje uticaja klimаtskih promenа nа životnu sredinu: prаćenje uticаjа, аdаptаcijа i ublаžаvаnje] |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8815c28b1f954e0d98d0ca3a577756902022-12-21T19:52:09ZdeuInstitute for Philosophy and Social Theory, BelgradeFilozofija i Društvo0353-57382013-01-0124142344310.2298/FID1301423PA pragmatic critique of the conception of everyday praxis within Jeffrey Alexander’s cultural sociologyProdanović SrđanThis paper tries to critically analyse Jeffrey Alexander’s cultural sociology. In the first part of the paper I will examine Alexander’s conception of hermeneutical structuralism which argues that conventional systemic sociology and richness of experience found in everyday praxis can be reconciled. In the next section I will provide a critique of this kind of approach to social theory and maintain that Alexander’s sociology is, in principle, reductionist regarding everyday life. In addition, I will also point out some of the comparative advantages that pragmatically oriented theory has in the attempt of integrating theoretical and practical knowledge. In the final section of the paper, I will try to illustrate some of the major shortcomings of Alexander’s sociology on the concrete example of advances in computer technology. [Projekat Ministarstva nauke Republike Srbije, br. 43007: Istrаživаnje uticaja klimаtskih promenа nа životnu sredinu: prаćenje uticаjа, аdаptаcijа i ublаžаvаnje]http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0353-5738/2013/0353-57381301423P.pdfcultural sociologyhermeneutical structuralismeveryday lifepragmatismcomputer technology |
| spellingShingle | Prodanović Srđan A pragmatic critique of the conception of everyday praxis within Jeffrey Alexander’s cultural sociology Filozofija i Društvo cultural sociology hermeneutical structuralism everyday life pragmatism computer technology |
| title | A pragmatic critique of the conception of everyday praxis within Jeffrey Alexander’s cultural sociology |
| title_full | A pragmatic critique of the conception of everyday praxis within Jeffrey Alexander’s cultural sociology |
| title_fullStr | A pragmatic critique of the conception of everyday praxis within Jeffrey Alexander’s cultural sociology |
| title_full_unstemmed | A pragmatic critique of the conception of everyday praxis within Jeffrey Alexander’s cultural sociology |
| title_short | A pragmatic critique of the conception of everyday praxis within Jeffrey Alexander’s cultural sociology |
| title_sort | pragmatic critique of the conception of everyday praxis within jeffrey alexander s cultural sociology |
| topic | cultural sociology hermeneutical structuralism everyday life pragmatism computer technology |
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