The main argument of the current book is that nowadays cultural sociology in its later version adheres more than ever to this fundamental proposition that "adopting any non-consolidation and non-historical view of culture is a confirmation of th ...
The main argument of the current book is that nowadays cultural sociology in its later version adheres more than ever to this fundamental proposition that "adopting any non-consolidation and non-historical view of culture is a confirmation of this completely false premise that cultural forms contain fixed meanings from the very beginning. have been", and adherence to this approach, for cultural sociology, has required transitioning from various forms of common dichotomies (high/mass culture, authentic/inauthentic culture, etc.) and avoiding generalism and avoiding aestheticizing the category of culture. But the question is whether cultural sociology can establish a reconciliation between this perception of culture as an external objectivity and culture as a refuge against the vulgarity of the consumer society. And can the objectivist analysis of culture lead to the recognition and activation of its liberating and creative capacities? The answer of cultural sociology, relying on a synthesis of Pierre Bourdieu's relational thinking and the neogrammarist's view of culture, is that nowadays the liberating cultural critique inevitably falls somewhere between the totality of the Frankfurt School and cultural populism, that is, where cultural sociology tries to ignore the liberating powers of culture. Empirical analysis to identify and activate it.
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