Reading Jeffrey C. Alexander, Part I: The case for canonization
Thesis Eleven: Critical Theory and Historical Sociology
Published online on July 13, 2026
Abstract
Thesis Eleven, Ahead of Print.
For nearly half a century Jeffrey C. Alexander has devoted himself to the sociological vocation − first as a general (‘grand’) theorist, and then as the iconic leader of a set of global research programmes − a life lived for sociology. In ‘Part 1’ of this ...
For nearly half a century Jeffrey C. Alexander has devoted himself to the sociological vocation − first as a general (‘grand’) theorist, and then as the iconic leader of a set of global research programmes − a life lived for sociology. In ‘Part 1’ of this ...