Making of Meaning and the Making of Society

Inbunden, Engelska, 2026

656 kr

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Beskrivning

This book develops a sociological framework for understanding how societies produce and transform meaning. Rather than treating meaning as a fixed property of individuals or texts, it introduces relational meaning-making, in which meanings stabilise in particular situations while remaining open to alternatives. Revisiting Max Weber’s concept of Sinn and Alfred Schutz’s phenomenology, the book rethinks identity, agency and social structures. Drawing on Weber, Mead and Parsons, it explores why sociological theory has struggled to grasp the dynamics of meaning, and examines the contemporary crisis of meaning, self-referential individuals, and the implications of digital communication and generative AI. This book argues that relational meaning-making is a fundamental process through which society interprets and reshapes itself.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2026-08-03
Mått:148 x 210 x undefined mm
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:203
Förlag:Springer Nature Switzerland AG
ISBN:9783032257574

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Kulturvetenskap inom Samhälle och politik
Sociologi inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

Christian Morgner is Professor of Sociology at the University of Portsmouth, UK. His research focuses on social theory and cultural processes in modern societies. He previously held positions at the University of Sheffield, UK and the University of Leicester, UK and has been a visiting scholar at Cambridge, Yale, Keio, Hitotsubashi University, and the EHESS in Paris.

Innehållsförteckning

1.Society Resisting Itself.- 2.The Quest for Meaning.- 3.Readings of Sinn in the Writings of Parsons and Schutz.- 4.A Preliminary Analysis of Sinn in Max Weber-Gesamtausgabe.- 5.Towards a Theory of Sinn: A Critical Dialogue with Max Weber.- 6.A Conception of Sinn as Relational Meaning-Making.- 7.Relational Meaning-Making, the Individual and Society.- 8.Understanding (Verstehen), Communication and New Communication Technologies: Generative AI, Inclusion and Exclusion Dynamics in Education.- 9.The Love and Hate of Relational Meaning-Making: Cognition, Politics and Identity.- 10.The Forgotten Histories of Meaning, Sense and Sinn in Sociology.- 11.Conclusion: Relational Meaning-Making and Its Consequences for Sociology.