In his war essay, Jeffrey C. Alexander ties cultural sociology and civil sphere theory together in a tragic account of violence and war throughout the ages. The application of the precepts of cultural sociology, most notably the binary code, leads him to a rather Hobbesian vision of anarchy in internal relations. Drawing on Johan Galtung's peace research, the article enjoins Alexander to shift the analysis from a culture of war to a culture of peace.
Frédéric Vandenberghe (Fri,) studied this question.