Reading Jeffrey C. Alexander, Part II: The theoretical core (and its tensions)
Thesis Eleven: Critical Theory and Historical Sociology
Published online on July 13, 2026
Abstract
Thesis Eleven, Ahead of Print.
In ‘Part II’ of this two-part article, we provide a general schematic with which to introduce the Alexanderian vision of sociology. This vision comprises the following five commitments: (a) a commitment to structural voluntarism and the moral dimension of ...
In ‘Part II’ of this two-part article, we provide a general schematic with which to introduce the Alexanderian vision of sociology. This vision comprises the following five commitments: (a) a commitment to structural voluntarism and the moral dimension of ...