Performative Feelings for Others: The Civil Repair of Organised Competitive Sports
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DOI: 10.1177/17499755221110313
Abstract: In many western nations, sport is an institutional component of civil society that may be considered from quite different outlooks. From the critical theorists’ viewpoint, sport reproduces social hierarchies through competition and then colonises our… read more here.
Keywords: sport; civil sphere; feelings others; sport actors ... See more keywords
The Civil Sphere and Social Class
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DOI: 10.1177/17499755221114667
Abstract: How can civil sphere theory contribute to class analysis? In contrast to critics who suggest Jeffrey Alexander’s The Civil Sphere does not take class seriously, this paper argues that class is a central component to… read more here.
Keywords: sphere social; civil sphere; class; sphere theory ... See more keywords
Encountering the Civil Sphere Through Cinema: The Cinematic Gap as a Pathway to Civil Evaluation and Repair
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DOI: 10.1177/17499755221118802
Abstract: Despite being one of the most influential forms of media, cinema has yet to be theorized as a communicative institution of the civil sphere. Contrary to commonsense understandings of cinema as a medium for purifying… read more here.
Keywords: evaluation; cinematic gap; civil sphere; real civil ... See more keywords
Struggles for Horizontal Identification: Muslims, Jews, and the Civil Sphere in Germany
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DOI: 10.1177/17499755221119126
Abstract: Muslims across Europe have been labeled as uncivil since the migration waves of postcolonial and guestworker migrants in the mid-20th century. In this paper, I bring the Muslim experience in the German capital into conversation… read more here.
Keywords: horizontal identification; muslims jews; identification muslims; civil sphere ... See more keywords
From Author to Network: The Coming of Age of Civil Sphere Theory
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DOI: 10.1177/17499755221140236
Abstract: This article argues that Jeffrey Alexander’s The Civil Sphere constitutes the first sociological theory of civil society, a theory with its own developmental history. That history includes the trajectory of Alexander’s career prior to his… read more here.
Keywords: theory; civil society; civil sphere; sociology ... See more keywords