
In Recent Years There Has Been A Growing Interest In Cognition Within Sociology And Other Social Sciences. Within Sociology This Interest Cuts Across Various Topical Subfields, Including Culture, Social Psychology, Religion, Race, And Identity. Scholars Within The New Subfield Of Cognitive Sociology, Also Referred To As The Sociology Of Culture And Cognition, Are Contributing To A Rapidly Developing Body Of Work On How Mental And Social Phenomena Are Interrelated And Often Interdependent. In The Oxford Handbook Of Cognitive Sociology, Wayne H. Brekhus And Gabe Igantow Have Gathered Some Of The Most Influential Scholars Working In Cognitive Sociology To Present An Accessible Introduction To Key Research Areas In A Diverse Field. While Classical Sociological And Newer Interdisciplinary Approaches Have Been Covered Separately By Scholars In The Past, This Volume Alternatively Presents A Broad Range Of Cognitive Sociological Perspectives. The Contributors Discuss A Range Of Approaches For Theorizing And Analyzing The Social Mind, Including Macro-cultural Approaches, Interactionist Approaches, And Research That Draws On Pierre Bourdieu's Major Concepts. Each Chapter Further Investigates A Variety Of Cognitive Processes Within These Three Approaches, Such As Attention And Inattention, Perception, Automatic And Deliberate Cognition, Cognition And Social Action, Stereotypes, Categorization, Classification, Judgment, Symbolic Boundaries, Meaning-making, Metaphor, Embodied Cognition, Morality And Religion, Identity Construction, Time Sequencing, And Memory. A Comprehensive Look At Cognitive Sociology's Main Contributions And The Central Debates Within The Field, The Handbook Will Serve As A Primary Resource For Social Researchers, Faculty, And Students Interested In How Cognitive Sociology Can Contribute To Research Within Their Substantive Areas Of Focus.
This volume investigates the intersection of mental processes and social structures to define the emerging subfield of cognitive sociology. Editors Gabe Ignatow and Wayne H. Brekhus, both established scholars in the field, synthesize diverse interdisciplinary perspectives to explain how cognitive phenomena—such as perception, categorization, and memory—are shaped by and simultaneously shape social environments. The text provides a structured framework for analyzing the 'social mind' by integrating classical sociological theory with contemporary cognitive research.
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Experts identify this volume as a foundational resource for researchers and students seeking to bridge the gap between sociology and cognitive science. Readers frequently note the academic density of the prose, which is tailored for a scholarly audience engaged in advanced social research.
Page Count:
712
Publication Date:
2019-01-01
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
ISBN-10:
0190273399
ISBN-13:
9780190273392
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