This month our inaugural guest edited special issue, on the cultural sociology of reading, went to print. We are now working with Lisa McCormick (University of Edinburgh) on the second issue in our guest curated series, a special issue on the cultural sociology of music and art, forthcoming early 2022, and we are pleased to Read More
Category: American Journal of Cultural Sociology
NEW IN PRINT – AJCS Vol 9.2 – The Cultural Sociology of Reading
The latest issue of AJCS is now available online and in print! AJCS Volume 9, issue 2, June 2021 Special issue on the Cultural Sociology of Reading Issue editors: María Angélica Thumala Olave & Jeffrey C. Alexander Managing Editor: Anne Marie Champagne 7 articles in this issue: 1. Exploring the sacrality of reading as a Read More
NEW IN PRINT – AJCS Volume 9, Issue 1
The latest issue of AJCS is now available online and in print! American Journal of Cultural Sociology All Volumes & Issues ** Charles Taylor and Jeffrey C. Alexander discuss the legacy of Taylor’s A Secular Age! ** Volume 9, Issue 1, MARCH 2021 In this issue (7 articles) Editorial Charles Taylor and Jeffrey C. Alexander Read More
AJCS 8.3 – SPECIAL ISSUE ON COVID19
For all the real-world tragedy, COVID-19 will long be prized by social scientists as a “natural experiment.” Arriving as an unanticipated exogenous shock, it has offered a unique opportunity to see how components of the social system—public health, politics, and economics most obviously—might best respond. From the perspective of cultural sociology, the pivotal opportunity for Read More
NEW IN PRINT – AJCS Volume 8, Issue 2
The latest issue of AJCS is now available online and in print! American Journal of Cultural Sociology All Volumes & Issues Volume 8, Issue 2, August 2020 ISSN: 2049-7113 (Print) 2049-7121 (Online) In this issue (5 articles) Original Article The conquest of hearts: the central role of Ottoman nostalgia within contemporary Turkish populism by Yağmur Read More
NEW ISSUE ALERT – AJCS Volume 7, Issue 3
This issue marks the conclusion of my third year as AJCS Managing Editor. What a wonderful issue to end the year with! Stay tuned for Volume 8 news. We are in the midst of finalizing the first issue of 2020 now — a special edition on cutting edge debates in culture and cognition!
NEW IN PRINT – AJCS Volume 7, Issue 2
The latest issue of AJCS is now available online and in print! American Journal of Cultural Sociology All Volumes & Issues Volume 7, Issue 2, August 2019 ISSN: 2049-7113 (Print) 2049-7121 (Online) In this issue (6 articles) Original Article The middle class as a culture structure: rethinking middle-class formation and democracy through the civil sphere Read More