The Sociology Book
199 In Disney World, US, countries such as “China” are re-created. These virtual models, says Baudrillard, are far more appealin ...
200 M O D E R N I D E N T I T I E S A R E B E I N G D E C E N T E R E D STUART HALL (1932–2014) I n the late 20th century, socio ...
201 In modern cities different cultures are thrown together. The more our lives are influenced by these diverse cultural traditi ...
202 A L L C O M M U N I T I E S A R E I M A G I N E D BENEDICT ANDERSON (1936– ) B efore the 16th century, the idea of nationali ...
203 See also: Paul Gilroy 75 ■ Edward Said 80–81 ■ Elijah Anderson 82–83 ■ Saskia Sassen 164–65 ■ David Held 170–71 ■ Stuart Hal ...
THROUGHOUT THE WORLD HAS BEEN DOGGEDLY PUSHING ITSELF CENTER STAGE JEFFREY ALEXANDER (1947– ) CULTURE ...
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206 JEFFREY ALEXANDER Sociologists have tended to regard culture as of secondary importance. Alexander emphasizes the role of cu ...
207 and act in the ways they do. Karl Marx, for example, saw mainstream culture as a function of the ideas and values of the rul ...
208 Instead, culture is, and should be, according to Alexander, considered “an independent variable,” detached from the life con ...
209 An earthquake in 1997 destroyed Giotto’s frescoes of St. Francis in the basilica at Assisi, Italy. Mira Debbs reflected on h ...
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S ociology initially focused its attention on the changes to society that had been brought about by industrialization. A major a ...
Industrialization continued to spread across the world in the 20th century, and technological advances led to an increase in aut ...
CONSPICUOUS CONSUMPTION OF TO THE GENTLEMAN OF THORSTEIN VEBLEN (1857–1929) VALUABLE GOODS LEISURE IS A MEANS OF REPUTABILITY ...
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216 T he work of US economist and sociologist Thorstein Veblen focuses on the relationship between economy and society, and on h ...
217 Travel to foreign lands, learning languages, and acquiring knowledge about other cultures were powerful status symbols for w ...
218 goods and commodities, which in turn gives rise to increased carbon emissions and climate change. Veblen’s concepts of consp ...
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