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Alexander and the Cultural Refounding of American Sociology

Sociology at York University in Toronto and Yale Center for Cultural Sociology, kurasawa{at}yorku.ca

This paper considers and evaluates Jeffrey Alexander’s strong program in cultural sociology, which represents an exercise in paradigm formation and an ambitious attempt to refound American sociology along interpretive lines. Cultural sociology is assessed according to four axes, namely its social constructivist epistemology, culturalizing methodology, analytical realism, and internal and external positioning. In addition to discussing the accomplishments and limitations of cultural sociology in all these areas, the paper indicates ways to strengthen it by setting it in conversation with other and more explicitly critical currents of thought.

Key Words: critique • culture • interpretation • social constructivism • sociology

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