Teorías sociológicas clásica de la cultura: fundamentos, tensiones y vigencia
Teorías sociológicas clásica de la cultura: fundamentos, tensiones y vigencia
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.22533/at.ed.949112627041
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Abstract: The study of classical sociology of culture demonstrates that the contributions of Karl Marx, Émile Durkheim, and Max Weber constitute a fundamental theoretical framework for understanding the relationship between symbolic production and the organization of social life. Although their approaches are grounded in different epistemological assumptions, they converge in recognizing the centrality of culture in the structuring of society. Marx interprets culture as a dimension linked to the material conditions of production and to relations of power, emphasizing its role in the legitimation and reproduction of social domination. Durkheim conceives culture as a system of collective representations that ensures moral cohesion and social integration through shared norms, symbols, and rituals. Weber, in turn, understands culture as a web of meanings that orient social action and actively participates in the processes of rationalization characteristic of modernity. The comparative analysis of these perspectives makes it possible to recognize that culture cannot be reduced to a single explanatory dimension but rather constitutes a multidimensional phenomenon in which domination, integration, and meaning converge. In this sense, classical sociology retains full analytical relevance for interpreting contemporary cultural transformations from an interpretive and integrative perspective.
- Hermes Emilio Martinez Barrios
- Álvaro Arrieta Hernández
- José Gregorio Castañeda Romero