Cultures and Societies in a changing world

1. Culture and the Cultural Diamond Two Ways of Looking at Culture The Best That Has Been Thought and Known That Complex Whole Connections: The Links Between Culture and Society The Cultural Object The Cultural Diamond Summary Questions for study and discussion Recommendations for further reading 2. Cultural Meaning Why Do We Need Meaning? Culture and Meaning in Reflection Theory Culture as Mirror The Greek Background to Reflection Theory Culture and Meaning in Marxian Sociology From Earth to Heaven: The Materialist Approach to Culture Historical Materialism Research Directions from the Marxian Tradition Culture and Meaning in Functionalist Sociology Culture and Meaning in Weberian Sociology The Anxious Protestants and the World They Built The Cultural Switchman Meaning Systems or a Tool Kit? Meaning, Modernity, and the Clash of Cultures Summary Questions for study and discussion Recommendations for further reading 3. Culture as a Social Creation Durkheim and the Social Production of Culture The Problem of Modern Social Life Social Bonds: The Role of Religion Culture as Collective Representation The Collective Production of Culture Symbolic Interactionism Subcultures Cultural Innovation and Social Change Cultural Lags and Leads Cultural innovations Summary Questions for study and discussion Recommendations for further reading 4. The Production, Distribution, and Reception of Culture The Production of Culture The Culture Industry System Cultural Markets The Production of Ideas Reception Audiences and Taste Cultures Horizons of Expectations Freedom of Interpretation: Two Views Seduction by Mass Culture Resistance Through Popular Culture Summary Questions for study and discussion Recommendations for further reading 5. Identities, Problems, Movements Constructing a Collective Identity Constructing a Social Problem Making Trouble From Happening to Event to Social Problem The Career of a Social Problem Constructing a Social Movement Summary Questions for study and discussion Recommendations for further reading 6. Organizations in a Multicultural World Organizational Cultures Culture and Motivation Cultures of Solidarity and Ambiguity Organizations in Cultural Contexts Working Across Cultures Summary Questions for study and discussion Recommendations for further reading 7. Culture and Connection Media Revolutions and Cultural Communities Oral Cultures Written Cultures Print Cultures ICT Cultures The Cultural Impact of the Internet Mediated Transnationals Questions for Study and Discussion Recommended for Further Reading 8. Culture and Power Power: What Is It, Who Has It, and Why Do People Submit to It? Power in Face-to-Face Interactions Identity Politics The Aesthetics of Power Political Acts as Cultural Objects Cultures Without Centers Questions for Study and Discussion Recommended for Further Reading