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- Contradictions: The Uncivilizing Pressures of Space, Time, and Function. 1.14MB (In English. Portuguese version, 1997.)
- Las sociedades civiles entre la diferencia y la solidaridad: Reflexiones sobre la integración en la fragmentada esfera pública. 1.19MB (In Spanish. English version, 1998.)
- Neofunktionalismus, with Paul Colomy. 0.75 MB In H. P. Muller and Steffen Sigmund (eds.), Zeitgenossische amerikianische Soziologie (Modern American Sociology), pp. 135-146. Opladen: Leske/Budrich. (In German. English version, 1990; Russian translation, 1992; Spanish translation, 1992.)
- Sociedad Civil. 0.70MB (In Spanish. English version, 1997.)
- Theorizing the Good Society: Hermeneutic, Normative, and Empirical Discourses. 2.43MB (In English. Italian version, 1997.)
- This Worldly Mysticism: Inner Peace and World Transformation in the Work and Life of Charles “Skip” Alexander. 0.56MB
1999
- Cultural Structures, Social Action, and the Discourses of American Civil Society: A Reply to Battani, Hall, and Powers, with Philip Smith. 0.42MB
- «The Discourse of American Civil Society...», with Philip Smith. 0.00 MB (In Chinese. English version, 1993; German translation, 1994.)
- The Ideological Discourse of Cultural Discontent: Paradoxes, Realities and Alternative Ways of Thinking, with Neil J. Smelser. 1.12MB
- «The Paradoxes of Civil Society». 1.28MB (In Ukranian. First English version, 1994; Spanish translation, 1994; Italian translation, 1995; English reprint, 1997.)
- The Public Representation of Culture and History, with Neil J. Smelser. 0.67MB
- Why We Might All be Able to Live Together: An Immanent Critique of Alain Touraine’s Pourrons-nous vivre ensemble? 0.53MB
1998
- Ação coletiva, cultura e sociedade civil: Secularização, inversão, revisão e deslocamento do modelo clássico dos movimentos sociais. 3.23MB Revista Brasileira de Ciencias Sociais, 13 (37): 5-31. (In Portuguese. English version, 1996.)
- «After Neofunctionalism...». 0.85MB In S. I. Grigoryev and J. Coenen Huther (eds.), Contemporary Sociology. (In Russian. English version, 1997.)
- Civil Society Between Difference and Solidarity: Rethinking Integration in the Fragmented Public Sphere. 0.94MB Theoria: Journal of Social and Political Theory, 92 (December): 1-14. (In English. Spanish translation, 2000.)
- Mass Communication, Ritual, and Civil Society, with Ronald N. Jacobs. 1.69MB In T. Leibes and J. Curran (eds.), Media, Ritual and Identity, pp. 23-41. Routledge.
- Sociologie culturelle ou sociologie de la culture? Un programme fort pour donner à la sociologie son second souffle, with Philip Smith. 0.90MB Sociologie et Societes, 30 (1): 107-116. (In French.)
- Sociology, Theories of. 0.66MB Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Vol. 10: 2-8. London: Routledge.
1997
- After Neofunctionalism: Action, Culture, and Civil Society. 2.16MB In J. C. Alexander, Neofunctionalism and After, pp. 210-233. Basil Blackwell. (In English. Russian translation, 1998.)
- Aspectos não-civis da sociedade: Espaço, tempo e função. 1.02MB Revista Brasileira de Ciencias Sociais, 33 (12): 169-179. (In Portuguese. English verison, 2000.)
- Bush, Hussein and the Cultural Preparation for War: Toward a More Symbolic Theory of Political Legitimation. 2.67MB Epoche: Journal for the Study of Religions, 2 (1): xx-yy.
- Civil Society I, II, III: Constructing an Empirical Concept from Normative Controversies and Historical Transformations. 1.00MB In J. C. Alexander (ed.), Real Civil Societies, pp. 1-20. London: Sage Publications. (In English. Spanish translation, 2000.)
- From Functionalism to Neofunctionalism: Creating a Position in the Field of Social Theory. 1.91MB In J. C. Alexander, Neofunctionalism and After, pp. 3-24. Basil Blackwell.
- La società civile democratica: Istituzioni e valori. 3.71MB In P. Donati (ed.), L’etica civile alla fine del XX secolo, pp. 107-153. Milano: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore. (In Italian. English version, 2000.)
- Les Règles secrètes de Durkheim. 0.62MB In E.H. Cuin (ed.), Durkheim d’un siecle a l’autre: Lectures actuelles des regles de la methode sociologique, pp. 191-202. Paris: PUF. (In French.)
- The Paradoxes of Civil Society. 1.93MB International Sociology, 12 (2): 115-133. (English reprint. First English version, 1994; Spanish translation, 1994; Italian translation, 1995; Ukranian translation, 1999.)
- The Paradoxical Relations of Self and Society in American Sociological Thought. 0.23MB In J. C. Alexander, R. Boudon and M. Cherkaoui (eds.), The Classic Tradition in Sociological Theory, pp. i-xv. London: Sage Publications.
- Une histoire critique de la sociologie allemande: Postface. 0.52MB In F. Vandenberghe, Une histoire critique de la cociologie allemande, pp. 341-345. Paris: La Decouverte/MAUSS. (In French.)
1996
- Collective Action, Culture and Civil Society: Secularizing, Updating, Inverting, Revising and Displacing the Classical Model of Social Movements. 2.09MB In M. Diani and J. Clarke (eds.), Alain Touraine, pp. 205-234. Falmer Press. (In English. Portuguese translation, 1998.)
- Cultural Sociology or Sociology of Culture? 0.00 MB Culture, 10 (3-4): 1-5.
- Critical Reflections on “Reflexive Modernization” (Review Essay). 0.53MB Theory, Culture and Society, 13 (4): 133-138.
- Durkheim’s Religious Revival, with Philip Smith (Review Essay, E. Durkheim/K. E. Fields trans., The Elementary Forms of Religious Life). 0.52MB American Journal of Sociology, 102 (2): 585-592.
- Honneth’s New Critical Theory of Recognition, with Maria P. Lara. 0.71MB New Left Review, N. 220 (Sep/Oct): 126-137.
- On Choosing One’s Intellectual Predecessors: The Reductionism of Camic’s Treatment of Parsons and the Institutionalists, with G. Sciortino. 0.00 MB Sociological Theory, 14 (2): 154-172.
- Social Science and Salvation: Risk Society as Mythical Discourse, with Philip Smith. 1.28MB Zeitschrift fur Soziologie, Aug: 251-262.
1995
- How “National” is Social Theory? A Note on Some Worrying Trends in the Recent Theorizing of Richard Munch. 0.37MB Revue suisse de sociologie, 21 (3): 541-546. (Abridged English reprint. First English version, 1994; Full English reprint, 1995.)
- How “National” is Social Theory? Critical Notes on Some Worrying Trends in the Recent Theorizing of Richard Munch. 1.10MB Sociologia, 24 (2/3): 120-138. (English reprint. First English version, 1994; Abridged English reprint, 1995.)
- I paradossi della società civile. Rassegna Italiana di Sociologia, 36 (3): 319-339. 1.19MB (In Italian. First English version, 1994; Spanish translation, 1994; English reprint, 1997; Ukranian translation, 1999.)
- Modern, Anti, Post and Neo. 1.96MB New Left Review, N. 210 (Mar/Apr): 63-102. (English reprint. First English version, 1994)
- Presentazione. 1.29 MB In Talcott Parsons, Prolegomeni a una Theoria delle Istituzioni Sociali. Armando Mondadori. (In Italian. First English version, 1990; English reprint, 1992.)
- The Reality of Reduction: The Failed Synthesis of Pierre Bourdieu. 7.89MB In J. C. Alexander, Fin de Siècle Social Theory, pp. 128-217. Verso. (In English. Italian translation, 2001.)
- Watergate. 0.30MB In S. M. Lipset (ed.), Encyclopedia of Democracy, pp. 1367-1369. Quarterly Press and Routledge.
1994
- Der Diskurs der amerikanischen Zivilgesellschaft: Ein neuer kultursoziologischer Entwurf, with Philip Smith. 2.23MB Berlin Journal fur Soziologie, 4 (2): 157-179. (In German. English version, 1993; Chinese translation, 1999.)
- Funzionalismo e neofunzionalismo, with Paul Colomy. 2.67MB Enciclopedia delle Scienze Sociali, 4: 199-219. (In Italian.)
- How “National” is Social Theory? A Note on Some Worrying Trends in the Recent Theorizing of Richard Munch. 0.30MB Theory: Newsletter of the Theory Section of the International Sociological Association, Autumn: 2-8. (In English. Full English reprint, 1995; Abridged English reprint, 1995.)
- Interview with Jeffrey Alexander on Cultural Sociology. 0.61MB Sociology Newsletter of Hong Kong University, Volume 3.
- Las paradojas de la sociedad civil. 1.29MB Revista Internacional de Filosofia Politica, 4: 73-89. (In Spanish. First English version, 1994; Italian translation, 1995; English reprint, 1997; Ukranian translation, 1999.)
- Modern, Anti, Post, and Neo: How Social Theories Have Tried to Understand the “New World” of “Our Time”. 3.16MB Zeitschrift fur Soziologie, 23 (3): 165-197. (In English. Reprinted in English, 1995)
- Religio. 0.58MB In C. Mongardini and M. Ruini (eds.), Religio: Ruolo del Sacro, Coesione Sociale e Nuove Forme di Soidarieta nella Societa Contemporanea, pp. 15-24. Bulzoni Editore.
- The Paradoxes of Civil Society. 1.11MB Social Sciences Research Centre, Occasional Paper 16, pp. 3-21. University of Hong Kong. (In English. Spanish translation, 1994; Italian translation, 1995; English reprint, 1997; Ukranian translation, 1999.)
1993
- Citizen and Enemy as Symbolic Classification: On the Polarizing Discourse of Civil Society. 1.00MB In M. Fournier and M. Lamont (eds.), Where Culture Talks: Exclusion and the Making of Society, pp. 289-308. Chicago University Press. (Full English version. Abridged English version, 1991; Italian version, 1990.)
- Die neue Theoriebewegung: Eine ihrer Erscheinungsformen. 1.16MB In J. C. Alexander (ed.), Soziale Differenzierund und Kultureller Wandel Studien zur Neofunktionalistischen Gesellschafstheori, pp. 31-47. Frankfurt, Germany: Campus Verlag. (In German. Spanish version, 1991.)
- “Formal Sociology” is not Multidimensional: Breaking the “Code” in Parsons’ Fragment on Simmel. 0.88MB Teoria Sociologica, 1 (1): 101-114.
- More Notes on the Problem of Agency: A Reply. 0.33MB Revue suisse de sociologie, 19: 501-506.
- Reduction and Deceit in Social Theory. 0.49MB In H. Martins (ed.), Knowledge and Passion: Essays in Honour of John Rex, pp. 119-136. I. B. Tauris.
- Retorno a la democracia: La solidaridad universalista y el mundo 1.00MB In Modernizacion Economica, Democracia Politica y Democracia Social, pp. 39-62. Centro de Estudios Sociologicos, el Colegio de Mexico. (In Spanish. English version, 1991)
- Risking Enchantment: Theory and Method in Cultural Studies, with Philip Smith and Steven Sherwood. 0.48MB Culture: Newsletter of the Culture Section of the American Sociological Association, 8 (1): 10-14.
- The British are Coming... Again! The Hidden Agenda of “Cultural Studies”, with Philip Smith and Steven Sherwood. 0.00 MB Contemporary Sociology, 22 (3): 370-375.
- The Discourse of American Civil Society: A New Proposal for Cultural Studies, with Philip Smith. 3.53MB Theory and Society, 22 (2): 151-207. (In English. German translation, 1994; Chinese translation, 1999.)
- The Return to Civil Society (A review essay of J. Cohen and A. Arato, Civil Society and Political Theory). 0.49MB Contemporary Sociology, 22 (6): 797-803.
1992
- «Neofunctionalism Today...», with Paul Colomy. 0.00 MB Sociologica, 7 (20): 195-236. (In Spanish. English version, 1990; Russian translation, 1992; German translation, 2000.)
- «Neofunctionalism Today...», with Paul Colomy. 0.74 MB Sociological Studies, October: 112-120. Pekjiama. (In Russian. English version, 1990; Spanish translation, 1992; German translation, 2000.)
- Recent Sociological Theory Between Agency and Social Structure. 0.33 MB Revue suisse de sociologie. 18 (1): 7-11. (English reprint. First English version, 1992.)
- Shaky Foundations: The Presuppositions and Internal Contradictions of James Coleman's Foundations of Social Theory. 0.82 MB Theory and Society, 21: 203-217.
- Some Remarks on 'Agency' in Recent Sociological Theory. 0.36 MB Perspectives: Newsletter of the Theory Section of the American Sociological Association, 15 (1): 14. (In English. English reprint, 1992.)
- Structure, Value, Action: On Parson’s “Prolegomena”. 0.00 MB In Peter Hamilton (ed.), Talcott Parsons: Critical Assessments, pp. 52-61. Routledge. (English reprint. First English version, 1990; Italian translation, 1995.)
- The Fallacy of the Scientific Choice Between Structures and Meanings: A Reply to Therborn 0.94 MB Theory: Newsletter of the Theory Section of the International Sociological Association, 2 (1): 1-2.
- The Fragility of Progress: An Interpretation of the Turn Towards Meaning in Eisenstadt's Later Work. 0.73 MB Acta Sociologica, 35: 85-94.
- Traditions and Competition: Preface to a Post-Positivist Approach to Knowledge Cumulation, with Paul Colomy 1.68 MB In G. Ritzer (ed.), Metatheorizing, pp. 27-52. Sage.
1991
- Bringing Democracy Back In: Universalistic Solidarity and the Civil Sphere. 1.00 MB In C. Lemert (ed.), Intellectuals and Politics: Social Theory in a Changing World, pp. 157-176. Sage. (In English. Spanish translation, 1993.)
- Clásicos y contemporáneos en la teoría sociológica: Entrevista con Jeffrey C. Alexander, by Gina Zabludovsky. 1.10 MB By Gina Zabludovsky, Acta Sociologica, 4 (2-3): 17-34. (In Spanish.)
- Neofunctionalism and Modern Society: Introduction. 1.24 MB In H. Etzkowitz and R. Glassman (eds.), The Renaissance of Sociological Theory: Classical and Contemporary, pp. 267-275. F.E. Peacock Publishers.
- Sobre Theoretical Logic in Sociology: Objetivos Intelectuales y Contexto Histórico y Biográfico. 0.80 MB Acta Sociologica, 4 (2-3). (In Spanish. German translation, 1993.)
- Sociological Theory and the Claim to Reason: Why the End Is Not in Sight. 0.54 MB Sociological Theory, 10 (2): 147-153.
- The Deceptiveness of Morality: On the Discourse of Liberty and Repression. 0.51MB In C. Mongardini (ed.), Due Dimensioni Delta Societa L'Utile e la Morale, pp. 41-50. Bulzoni Editore. (Abridged English version. Full English version, 1993; Italian version, 1990.)
- Understanding Social Science: Giving Up the Positivist Ghost. 0.25 MB Perspectives: Newsletter of the Theory Section of the American Sociological Association. 14 (1): 1-4.
1990
- Between Progress and Apocalypse: Social Theory and the Dream of Reason in the Twentieth Century. 0.75 MB In J. C. Alexander and P. Sztompka (eds.), Rethinking Progress, pp. 15-39. Unwin Hyman Limited. (In English. Chinese translation, 1990.)
- Beyond the Epistemological Dilemma: General Theory in a Post-Positivist Mode. 0.73 MB Sociological Forum, Vol. 5 (4): 531-544.
- Intelectuales rencidos. 0.38 MB Topodrilo, 14 (Nov-Dec): 36-39. Mexico: Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana. (In Spanish.)
- Morale e Repressione. 0.40 MB Mondoperai, 12 (Dec): 127-130. Rome. (In Italian, abridged. Abridged English version, 1991; Full English version, 1993.)
- Must We Choose Between Criticism and Faith? Reflections on the Later Work of Benjamin Barber. 0.51 MB Sociological Theory, 9 (1): 124-130.
- Neofunctionalism Today: Reconstructing a Theoretical Tradition, with Paul Colomy. 2.36 MB In G. Ritzer (ed.), Frontiers of Sociological Theory, pp. 33-67. Columbia University Press. (In English. Russian translation, 1992; Spanish translation, 1992; German translation, 2000.)
- Structure, Value, Action: On Parson’s “Prolegomena”. 0.63 MB American Sociological Review, 55 (3): 339-345. (In English. English reprint, 1992; Italian translation, 1995.)
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