cultural sociology

noun

1. the study of the origins and development of societal institutions, norms, and practices.

Example Sentences

“Its really about the ritual, and it’s not really about the meaning of the holiday itself,” said Nina Eliasoph, a sociology professor at the University of Southern California who specializes in political and cultural sociology.

From New York Times

Pina Lalli, a professor of cultural sociology at the University of Bologna, said the experience of assuming the role of a pathogen while fighting against researchers who try to develop a vaccine or treatment was “not just escapism.”

From Washington Post

In general, the 2010s have seen "a stronger sense and awareness of diversity in mainstream media and culture," says cultural sociology professor Nick Prior.

From BBC

Richard Howells, a professor of cultural sociology at King’s College, London, described “Gogglebox” to me as “a sort of surrogate community” and added, “Conversations which we might have had the next day at the office, or over the garden fence, we’re now having them somewhat vicariously.”

From The New Yorker

In a forthcoming paper in the American Journal of Cultural Sociology titled “Hierarchy versus Symmetry in German and Israeli Science,” I expose how those two sets of cultural values predetermine scientific practices and intellectual styles.

From Scientific American