Analysis highlights a shift from a culture of war to a culture of peace in society, indicating key sociological insights.
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.
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