Social imaginaries and the limits of differential meaning : A cultural sociological critique of symbolic meaning structures
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Result code in IS VaVaI
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Result on the web
<a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11614-019-00371-2" target="_blank" >https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11614-019-00371-2</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11614-019-00371-2" target="_blank" >10.1007/s11614-019-00371-2</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Social imaginaries and the limits of differential meaning : A cultural sociological critique of symbolic meaning structures
Original language description
Elaborating on theories of the social imaginary, this contribution addresses the shortcomings of a differential conception of meaning, which is widespread in the social and cultural sciences. After a brief literature review, a preliminary concept of the social imaginary and its sociological relevance will be outlined drawing on the works of Taylor and others. The theoretical argument of this article, the fundamental difference and complementarity between the differential logic of the symbolic and the fuzzy logic of the imaginary, will be developed in a discussion of structuralism and one of its most fervent critics: Castoriadis. The latter developed his account of the social imaginary as a critique of Marxist reductionism, of the structuralist analysis of language and totemism, and of "ensemblistic-identitarian logic" in general. The social imaginary, as a reservoir of meaning and condition for the emergence of new meanings, not only illuminates the blind spots in these theories, but also has the potential to transform our thinking about culture and society.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50401 - Sociology
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2019
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Österreichische Zeitschrift für Soziologie
ISSN
1011-0070
e-ISSN
1862-2585
Volume of the periodical
44
Issue of the periodical within the volume
Supplement 2
Country of publishing house
DE - GERMANY
Number of pages
19
Pages from-to
17-35
UT code for WoS article
000496294000002
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85075156638