TY  - JOUR
AB  - Approaches to the sociology of culture have largely been constituted around the long tradition of functionalism in sociology. This has hampered the field greatly. Among other shortcomings, this intellectual foundation has led to a limited understanding of ideology and civil society, a conservative political orientation and an overdeterministic view of social action and the actor. In this paper, I explore and then apply a new approach to the sociology of culture, one that attempts to conceptualize more robustly the dynamics of ideology, ideological conflict and civil society. As part of this project, I endeavor to map out a critical cultural perspective that establishes a multidimensional understanding of the contingency of social action.
VL  - 17
IS  - 6
SN  - 0144-333X
DO  - 10.1108/eb013313
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/eb013313
AU  - Magnuson Eric
PY  - 1997
Y1  - 1997/01/01
TI  - IDEOLOGICAL CONFLICT IN AMERICAN POLITICAL CULTURE: THE DISCOURSE OF CIVIL SOCIETY AND AMERICAN NATIONAL NARRATIVES IN AMERICAN HISTORY TEXTBOOKS
T2  - International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy
PB  - MCB UP Ltd
SP  - 84
EP  - 130
Y2  - 2024/05/07
ER  -