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This article aims to reconsider Jeffrey C. Alexander's thesis of 'value generalization.' I first review Alexander's thesis of value generalization by tracking its origin to Weber's value analysis, and then point out that norms occupy an 'ambiguous' status in Alexander's model of value generalization. Further, I present an alternative that provides inner structures of not only values but also norms and goals, and places semantic and moral tension between values, norms, and goals at the center of cultural-sociological analysis. Specifically, I propose to define values, norms, and goals as a system of 'axiological-existential symbols,' a system of 'moral-aesthetic symbols,' and a system of 'instrumental-strategic symbols' as well as to bring back the generalization-specification scheme to the hierarchy of values, norms, and goals. I develop my own thesis of norm generalization, apply it to the 2008 candlelight vigils in South Korea, demonstrate the vigils as an analytic illustration of norm generalization, and then analyze why norm generalization occurred instead of value generalization. Lastly, I present two contributions, analytic as well as normative, of my study to Alexander's thesis of value generalization.

Recently, women-only public places have emerged rapidly and become widespread all over South Korea, but very little empirical research has been conducted on how women construct interaction order in such places. This article is a Goffmanian ethnography of how Korean women construct interaction order in a women-only public place. It presents 'sacred game' as a conceptual scheme to inform ethnographic research on interaction order. By using this conceptual scheme, we conduct an ethnography of a women-only yoga studio in South Korea. This research shows that women actively engage in sacred game when they appear in a women-only public place where situational proprieties are ambiguous and actions are inconsequential. This research suggests that creating this kind of public place would be better than merely creating a women-only public place itself in order to empower women to form a modern sociability.

Aujourd'hui, dans la société coréenne, on peut prendre livraison de tous les produits en tous lieux et à tous moments. Notre recherche tente d'expliquer cette banalisation de la livraison en Corée, notamment à partir de la sociologie des étrangers de Goffman. La livraison minimise les rites d'interaction entre celui qui commande en ligne des articles et celui qui les livre à domicile. On se donne le statut de la « non-personne », on joue l'inattention polie. Comme les étrangers qui passent dans l'espace public, on n'a pas besoin de maintenir les relations qui demandent les responsabilités morales.