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Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke

2012

262 Pages

ISBN 978-1-349-34262-4

Cultural Sociology

Iconic power

materiality and meaning in social life

Edited by

Jeffrey C. Alexander , Dominik Bartmański, Bernhard Giesen

A collection of original articles that explore social aspects of the phenomenon of icon. Having experienced the benefits and realized the limitations of so called 'linguistic turn', sociology has recently acknowledged a need to further expand its horizons.

Publication details

DOI: 10.1057/9781137012869

Full citation:

Alexander, J. C. , Bartmański, D. , Giesen, B. (eds) (2012). Iconic power: materiality and meaning in social life, Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Bartmański Dominik; Alexander Jeffrey C.

1-12

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Iconic power and performance

Alexander Jeffrey C.

25-35

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Iconspicuous revolutions of 1989

Bartmański Dominik

39-65

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The emergence of iconic depth

Binder Werner

101-116

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Shifting extremisms

Šuber Daniel; Karamanić Slobodan

119-138

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The visualization of uncertainty

Rauer Valentin

139-154

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How to make an iconic commodity

Woodward Ian; Ellison David

155-169

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Becoming iconic

Smith Philip E.

171-183

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Body and image

Belting Hans

187-202

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Iconic difference and seduction

Giesen Bernhard

203-218

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Iconic rituals

Sonnevend Julia

219-232

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Visible meanings

Sztompka Piotr

233-245

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Afterword

Giesen Bernhard

247-251

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