The Making of Meaning and the Making of Society - Couverture rigide

Morgner, Christian

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 3032257573 ISBN 13 : 9783032257574

Editeur : Palgrave Macmillan, 2026

Synopsis

This book develops a sociological framework for understanding how societies produce and transform meaning. Rather than treating meaning as a fixed property of individuals or texts, it introduces relational meaning-making, in which meanings stabilise in particular situations while remaining open to alternatives. Revisiting Max Weber’s concept of Sinn and Alfred Schutz’s phenomenology, the book rethinks identity, agency and social structures. Drawing on Weber, Mead and Parsons, it explores why sociological theory has struggled to grasp the dynamics of meaning, and examines the contemporary crisis of meaning, self-referential individuals, and the implications of digital communication and generative AI. This book argues that relational meaning-making is a fundamental process through which society interprets and reshapes itself.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Christian Morgner is Professor of Sociology at the University of Portsmouth, UK. His research focuses on social theory and cultural processes in modern societies. He previously held positions at the University of Sheffield, UK and the University of Leicester, UK and has been a visiting scholar at Cambridge, Yale, Keio, Hitotsubashi University, and the EHESS in Paris.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Palgrave Macmillan
• Date d'édition: 2026
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 3032257573
• ISBN 13: 9783032257574
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 224
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