Rethinking embodiment and historicity in cultural sociology : A critical view on Alexander's aesthetics of iconicity
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DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/07255136251344959" target="_blank" >10.1177/07255136251344959</a>
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Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Rethinking embodiment and historicity in cultural sociology : A critical view on Alexander's aesthetics of iconicity
Original language description
This paper explores the potential for enriching Jeffery Alexander's ‘aesthetics of iconicity’ within cultural sociology by further developing its engagement with embodiment and historicity. Cultural sociology, concerned with the meanings inherent in social life, distinguishes itself from approaches focused solely on functional unity or linguistic signification, emphasising instead the hermeneutical dimensions of understanding and the lived experiences of those who comprehend meanings. Alexander's description of the perceiving subject's immersion in the object of experience suggests a conception of the subject as a living being, possessing and being a living body. This paper proposes that a more nuanced understanding of iconic experience can be achieved by integrating a deeper exploration of how this embodied subject engages with icons within specific historical contexts. By attending to the lived dimensions of embodiment, we can further illuminate the complex interplay between iconic meaning and the human experience of social life.
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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
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Continuities
S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach
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Publication year
2025
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
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Name of the periodical
Thesis Eleven
ISSN
0725-5136
e-ISSN
1461-7455
Volume of the periodical
188
Issue of the periodical within the volume
1
Country of publishing house
GB - UNITED KINGDOM
Number of pages
17
Pages from-to
118-134
UT code for WoS article
001500218200001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-105007155588