BIOGRAPHY AND FORM OF LIFE. TOWARD A CULTURAL ANALYSIS OF NARRATIVE INTERVIEWSBIOGRAPHY AND FORM OF LIFE. TOWARD A CULTURAL ANALYSIS OF NARRATIVE INTERVIEWS

• Authors: Binder Werner , Kurakin Dmitry
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

This paper introduces the concept of form of life, socially shaped and shared meaning structures of actors situated in material contexts, as a tool for the cultural-sociological analysis of biographies and life trajectories. Following the principles of structural hermeneutics, such an analysis of life-forms treats the interview text as manifestation of a deeper holistic meaning structure, embodied in narratives, binaries and metaphors, without suppressing the contradictions and tensions inherent in every form of life. Finally, the empirical applicability of our approach is illustrated with examples from the qualitative strand of a broader longitudinal panel study as well as an in-depth case study.

Keywords

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CULTURAL SOCIOLOGY; LIFE; NARRATIVE INTERVIEWS; BIOGRAPHY; HERMENEUTICS

• Publisher: Institute of Sociology, Slovak Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Sociológia (Sociology)
• Year: 2019
• Volume: 51
• Issue: 6
• Pages: 563 – 583

Contributors

author

Binder Werner

• Faculty of Social Studies, Masaryk University, Joštova 10, 602 00 Brno, Czech Republic

author

Kurakin Dmitry

Identifiers

DOI

https://doi.org/10.31577/sociologia.2019.51.6.23