Understanding Cultural Sociology

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Understanding Cultural Sociology is written by Dick Houtman and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1803929936 (ISBN 10) and 9781803929934 (ISBN 13).

This fascinating book introduces the particularities, pleasures and promises of a sociology that underscores the significance of culture as a vital dimension of social life. Elaborating on Emile Durkheim’s and Max Weber’s classical sociologies of culture and religion it advocates a cultural sociology that engages in theoretically driven empirical research into today’s major social and political conflicts.