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podcast2020s–present

Thinking Allowed

Summary

Academic podcast in which Alexander and guests explore the sociology of culture, collective memory, social performance, and civil sphere theory. Unusually rigorous; assumes familiarity with sociological concepts.

Core Contribution

Extended civil sphere theory and cultural sociology to new audiences; demonstrated the applicability of sociological thinking to contemporary crises — pandemics, political ruptures, cultural trauma.

Key Spikes & Highlights

  • civil sphere theory
  • cultural trauma
  • social performance
  • collective memory
  • cultural sociology methodology

Historical Influences

Émile Durkheim Talcott Parsons Erving Goffman Clifford Geertz Victor Turner

Intellectual Lineage

No conceptual lineage found.

Allied Works

The Civil SpherePerformance and PowerTrauma: A Social TheoryThe Meanings of Social Life

Contemporaries & Peers

Contexts Podcast Cultures of Energy New Books in Sociology

Minds Influenced

Cultural sociology graduate trainingCivil sphere research programme

Intellectual Posterity

Niche but influential within sociology and adjacent humanities; part of the academic podcast movement; source for graduate students encountering civil sphere theory.

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