01247nam a2200301 a 4500 EDZ0000076854 StDuBDS 20150804193948.0 m||||||||d|||||||| cr|||||||||||| 120418s2006 nyu fo| 001 0 eng d 9780199943364 (ebook) : No price StDuBDS StDuBDS JC337 .A47 2006 300 23 Alexander, Jeffrey C., 1947- The civil sphere [electronic resource] / Jeffrey C. Alexander. New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2006. 1 online resource (xix, 793 p.) Includes bibliographical references and index. Societies are not governed only by power and self-interest. What then does make societies function? How do real individuals live together in real societies in the real world? This work addresses this central paradox of modern life. Description based on print version record. Civil society. Cultural pluralism. Social interaction. Print version 9780195162509 Oxford scholarship online http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195162509.001.0001 38556 38556