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The theory o f political culture/ Stephen Welch

By: Welch, StephenMaterial type: Text

TextPublication details: New York: Oxford University Press, 2013Description: xii, 287 p. ; 24 cmISBN: 9780199553334Subject(s): Political culture DDC classification: 306.2

Contents:

What is a Theory of Political Culture? -- 1. Theoretical Marginalization: The Positivist Mainstream of Political Culture Research -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. Philosophical Resources: Positivism, Falsificationism, and Realism -- 1.3. Disciplinary Factors in the Inception of Political Culture Research -- 1.4. Theoretical Resources: Parsons's Theory of Social Order -- 1.5. Methodological Resources: The Theory and Measurement of Attitudes -- 1.6. Disciplinary Consolidation and the Bifurcation of Political Culture Research -- 1.7. Conclusion -- 2. Theoretical Denial: The Interpretive Alternative in Political Culture Research -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. Before Interpretivism: Culturalism and Historicism -- 2.3. Weber and Interpretive Sociology -- 2.4. Interpretivism in Anthropology: Benedict, Sahlins, and Geertz -- 2.5. Conclusion -- 3. Theoretical Displacement (I): Materialist Alternatives to Political Culture Research. Note continued: 3.1. Introduction -- 3.2. Rational Choice Theory -- 3.3. Marxism: Culture, Ideology, and Hegemony -- 3.3.1. Origins of the Problem: The German Ideology -- 3.3.2. Gramsci: The Theory of Hegemony -- 3.3.3. Applying the Theory of Hegemony: Social History and Cultural Studies -- 3.4. Conclusion -- 4. Theoretical Displacement (II): Discursivist Critiques of Political Culture Research -- 4.1. Introduction -- 4.2. From Hegemony to Discourse: Post-Marxism -- 4.3. Foucault: Discourse and Power -- 4.4. The Discursivist Critique of Culture in Area Studies -- 4.5. The Discursivist Critique of Culture in Anthropology -- 4.6. Conclusion -- 5. The Dualistic Ontology of Culture (I): Philosophical Arguments -- 5.1. Introduction -- 5.2. Causality, Intelligibility, and Culture -- 5.3. Wittgenstein: Rules and Practice -- 5.3.1. The Interpretive and the Anti-Theoretical Wittgenstein -- 5.3.2. The Communitarian and the Individualist Wittgenstein: From Polarity to Duality. Note continued: 5.4. Polanyi: Tacit and Articulate Knowledge -- 5.5. Searle: The Background -- 5.6. Conclusion -- 6. The Dualistic Ontology of Culture (II): Psychological Findings -- 6.1. Introduction -- 6.2. Cultural Psychology and Psychological Mechanisms -- 6.3. The Theory of Attitudes Revisited -- 6.4. Automaticity and Conscious Will -- 6.5. Conclusion -- 7. The Inertial Dynamics of Political Culture -- 7.1. Introduction -- 7.2. The Theory of Practice -- 7.3. The Dynamics of Skills -- 7.4. Skills and Political Culture: Resistance, Persistence, and Adaptive Inertia -- 7.4.1. Resistance: De-Skilling and the Limits of Control -- 7.4.2. Persistence: The Distinctiveness of Post-Communism -- 7.5. Conclusion -- 8. The Fluid Dynamics of Political Culture -- 8.1. Introduction -- 8.2. The Relationship of Discourse and Practice -- 8.3. Discourse and Causality -- 8.4. The Market Dynamics of Discourse -- 8.5. Discursive Dynamics and Political-Cultural Change -- 8.6. Conclusion.

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What is a Theory of Political Culture? --
1. Theoretical Marginalization: The Positivist Mainstream of Political Culture Research --
1.1. Introduction --
1.2. Philosophical Resources: Positivism, Falsificationism, and Realism --
1.3. Disciplinary Factors in the Inception of Political Culture Research --
1.4. Theoretical Resources: Parsons's Theory of Social Order --
1.5. Methodological Resources: The Theory and Measurement of Attitudes --
1.6. Disciplinary Consolidation and the Bifurcation of Political Culture Research --
1.7. Conclusion --
2. Theoretical Denial: The Interpretive Alternative in Political Culture Research --
2.1. Introduction --
2.2. Before Interpretivism: Culturalism and Historicism --
2.3. Weber and Interpretive Sociology --
2.4. Interpretivism in Anthropology: Benedict, Sahlins, and Geertz --
2.5. Conclusion --
3. Theoretical Displacement (I): Materialist Alternatives to Political Culture Research. Note continued: 3.1. Introduction --
3.2. Rational Choice Theory --
3.3. Marxism: Culture, Ideology, and Hegemony --
3.3.1. Origins of the Problem: The German Ideology --
3.3.2. Gramsci: The Theory of Hegemony --
3.3.3. Applying the Theory of Hegemony: Social History and Cultural Studies --
3.4. Conclusion --
4. Theoretical Displacement (II): Discursivist Critiques of Political Culture Research --
4.1. Introduction --
4.2. From Hegemony to Discourse: Post-Marxism --
4.3. Foucault: Discourse and Power --
4.4. The Discursivist Critique of Culture in Area Studies --
4.5. The Discursivist Critique of Culture in Anthropology --
4.6. Conclusion --
5. The Dualistic Ontology of Culture (I): Philosophical Arguments --
5.1. Introduction --
5.2. Causality, Intelligibility, and Culture --
5.3. Wittgenstein: Rules and Practice --
5.3.1. The Interpretive and the Anti-Theoretical Wittgenstein --
5.3.2. The Communitarian and the Individualist Wittgenstein: From Polarity to Duality. Note continued: 5.4. Polanyi: Tacit and Articulate Knowledge --
5.5. Searle: The Background --
5.6. Conclusion --
6. The Dualistic Ontology of Culture (II): Psychological Findings --
6.1. Introduction --
6.2. Cultural Psychology and Psychological Mechanisms --
6.3. The Theory of Attitudes Revisited --
6.4. Automaticity and Conscious Will --
6.5. Conclusion --
7. The Inertial Dynamics of Political Culture --
7.1. Introduction --
7.2. The Theory of Practice --
7.3. The Dynamics of Skills --
7.4. Skills and Political Culture: Resistance, Persistence, and Adaptive Inertia --
7.4.1. Resistance: De-Skilling and the Limits of Control --
7.4.2. Persistence: The Distinctiveness of Post-Communism --
7.5. Conclusion --
8. The Fluid Dynamics of Political Culture --
8.1. Introduction --
8.2. The Relationship of Discourse and Practice --
8.3. Discourse and Causality --
8.4. The Market Dynamics of Discourse --
8.5. Discursive Dynamics and Political-Cultural Change --
8.6. Conclusion.

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