BEYOND THE CULTURAL TURN New Directions in the Study of Society and Culture Edited and with an Introduction by Victoria E. BONNELL AND Lynn Hunt Essays by RICHARD BIERNACKI, CAROLINE BYNUM, STEVEN FEIERMAN, KAREN HALTTUNEN, Marecaret C. Jacos, SONYA O. ROSE, JeRROLD SEIGEL, WILLIAM H. SEWELL, JR., AND Marcarst R. SoMERS With an Afterword by HayDEN WHITE University of California Press Berkeley - Los Angeles - LondonUniversity of California Press Berkeley and Los Angeles, California University of California Press, Ltd. London, England © 1999 by the Regents of the University of California Caroline Bynum’s "Why All the Fuss about the Body? ‘A Medievalist’s Perspective” was previously published. in Critical Inquiry 22, no. 1 (autumn 1995): 1-33. © 1995 by The University of Chicago. All rights reserved. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Beyond the cultural turn : new directions in the study of society and culture / edited and with an introduction by Victoria E. Bonnell and Lynn Hunt with an afterword by Hayden White ; essays by Richard Biernacki ... [et al.) P. _ cm.— (Studies on the history of society and culture ; 34) Papers presented at a conference held Apr. 26-27, 1996, in Californi Includes bibliographical references and index. 18BN 0-520-21678-4 (alk. paper. — ISBN 0-520-21679-2 (alk. paper) 1. Historical sociology —Congresses. 2. Social history—Congtesses. 3. Culture—Congresses. 1. Bonnell, Victoria E. II. Hunt, Lynn Avery. IIL. Biernacki, Richard, 1956~. IV. Series, HM104.549 1999 306'.09—deaa 9833118 Manufactured in the United States of America 11 10 09 08 07 06 05 04 03 2m 1098765432 ‘The paper used in this publication is both acid-free and totally chlorine-free (TCF). It meets the minimum requirements of ANSt/N150 239.48-1992 (R 1997) (Permanence of Paper). ©Contents Preface Introduction Victoria E. Bonnell and Lynn Hunt PART 1. CULTURE AS CONCEPT AND PRACTICE 1. The Concept(s) of Culture William H. Sewell, Jr. 2. Method and Metaphor after the New Cultural History Richard Biernacki PART 2. KNOWLEDGE IN THE SOCIAL SCIENCES Science Studies after Social Construction: The Turn toward the Comparative and the Global Margaret C. Jacob y . The Privatization of Citizenship: How to Unthink a Knowledge Culture Margaret R. Somers - PART 3. NARRATIVE, DISCOURSE, AND PROBLEMS OF REPRESENTATION . Cultural History and the Challenge of Narrativity Karen Halttunen wv 2 . Colonizers, Scholars, and the Creation of Invisible Histories Steven Feierman 35 62 95 124 165