Social Structure and Culture

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Hans Haferkamp: In Memoriam / Eisenstadt, Shmuel N. -- Introduction: Culture and Social Structure in Recent Sociological Analysis / Eisenstadt, Shmuel N. -- Part I Social Structure and Culture - A Tenable Differentiation? -- 1. The Cultural Foundations of Society / Tenbruck, Friedrich H. -- 2. Structures, Cultures, and Knowledge: A Historical and Comparative Exploration / Munch, Richard -- 3. Symbolic, Institutional, and Social-Structural Differentiation: A Selection-Theoretical Perspective / Giesen, Bernhard / Schmid, Michael -- Part II. Culture and Modernity -- 1. Sociology and the Crisis of Western Culture / Weiß, Johannes -- 2. Differentiation and Culture: Sociological Optimism under Scrutiny / Haferkamp, Hans -- 3. The Cognitive Representations of Social Inequality: A Sociological Account of the Cultural Basis of Modern Class Society / Eder, Klaus -- 4. Towards a Sociology of Postmodern Culture / Featherstone, Mike -- Part III. Culture and Social Action -- 1. Choice and Culture: The Behavioral Basis of Cultural Impact on Transactions / Lindenberg, Siegwart -- 2. The Interplay of Culture and Social Structure in the Mind: The Social Actor as a Tangled Decision-Maker / Gallino, Luciano -- 3. The Role of the Game Between Culture and Social Action / Mongardini, Carlo -- 4. The Cultural Construction of Social Identity: The Case of Scotland / Bleicher, Josef -- Part IV. Culture, Ideology, and Science -- 1. The (Re)Colonization of Science by the Life- World: Problems and Prospects / Segerstråle, Ullica -- 2. Subjective Rationality and the Theory of Ideology / Boudon, Raymond -- 3. Sociology and the Professional Culture of Philosophers / Kilminster, Richard -- 4. Legislators and Interpreters: Culture as Ideology of Intellectuals / Bauman, Zygmunt -- The Authors -- Index -- Backmatter