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Klappentext These essays adopt the approach of 'symbolic realism' or 'cognitive aesthetics' to overcome the crisis of dualism in conventional sociological theory. Zusammenfassung These essays adopt the approach of 'symbolic realism' or 'cognitive aesthetics' to overcome the crisis of dualism in conventional sociological theory. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Introduction: symbolic realism and cognitive aesthetics: an invitation Richard Harvey Brown and Stanford M. Lyman; Part I. Structure, Consciousness and History: 1. Symbolic realism and sociological thought:beyond the positivist romantic debate Richard Harvey Brown; 2. History and hermeneutics: Wilhelm Dilthey and the dialectics of interpretative method Richard Harvey Brown; 3. The acceptance, rejection, and reconstruction of histories: on some controversies in the study of social and cultural change Stanford M. Lyman; 4. The histories of 'mentalités': recent writings on revolution, criminality and death in France Robert Darnton; Part II. Structure, Self, and Evil: 5. Architectonic man: on the structuring of lived experience Rom Harré; 6. Social theory as confession: Parsonian sociology and the symbolism of evil Paul G. Creelan; 7. Dignity versus survival? Reflections on the moral philosophy of social order Manfred Stanley; Part III. Praxis and Utopia: 8. Dramaturgical and political enactments: toward an artistic foundation for political space Tracy B. Strong; Toward a semiotic of utopia: Thomas More's Utopia Louis Marin.
