Making of Meaning and the Making of Society

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Inbunden, Engelska, 2026

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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.

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Utgivningsdatum2026-07-01
Mått148 x 210 x undefined mm
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
FörlagSpringer Nature Switzerland AG
ISBN9783032257574

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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.