Wuthnow R. Meaning and Moral Order. Explorations in Cultural Analysis

Oakland: University of California Press, 1989. — 435 p. — ISBN: 9780520066212."Meaning and Moral Order" goes beyond classical, neoclassical, and poststructural theories of culture in its attempt to move away from problems of meaning to a more objective concept of culture. Innovative, controversial, challenging, it will compel scholars to rethink many of the assumptions on which the study of ideology, ritual, religion, science, and culture have been based.Preface
Cultural Analysis
Conceptual and Theoretical Problems
Scope of the Book
Beyond the Problem of Meaning
Classical Approaches
Neoclassical Approaches
Poststructural Approaches
Rediscovering the Classics
Beyond Meaning?
The Structure of Moral Codes
The Question of Moral Authority
A Structural Approach
Application: Moral Commitment in the MarketRitual and Moral Order
The Nature of Ritual
The Social Contexts of Ritual
An Empirical Case: "Holocaust" as Moral Ritual
The Problem of Meaning (Again)
Moral Order and Ideology
The Social Production of Ideology
Ideologies and Selective Processes
The Institutionalization of Ideology
Social Selection Among Ideological Forms
Folk Piety and Fundamentalism
Individualism
Rationality
An AnalogyThe Moral Basis of Cultural Change
Theoretical Considerations
Some General Patterns: Overview
Varieties of Ideological Movements
The Period Since World War II
The Institutionalization of Science
Mertonian and Marxist Explanations
Scientific Autonomy
Patronage
Legitimation
Communication and Organization
Differences Between Core and Periphery
Implications for Contemporary Science
State Structures and Cultural Reform
Religion and Regime
The Reformation in France and England
State Structures and IdeologyLevels of Analysis: Uses and Limitations
Meaning and Moral Order
Notes

Name Index
Subject Index