This paper celebrates Ron Eyerman’s contribution to the sociology of the arts. Through a discussion of selected publications, I highlight the key arguments and the themes running through this strand of his work to show how he both pointed beyond production perspectives and secured a central place for art and music in the strong program of cultural sociology. I also revisit his call for a meaningful sociology of the arts, not only to reflect on how this has influenced my own research agenda, but also to take stock of the current state of the field and gauge how much progress has been made in responding to his challenge to take meaning seriously.

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超越生产：罗恩·艾尔曼和艺术的文化社会学

这篇论文赞扬了罗恩·艾尔曼对艺术社会学的贡献。通过对选定出版物的讨论，我强调了贯穿他这一系列作品的关键论点和主题，以展示他如何超越生产视角并在强大的文化社会学课程中确保艺术和音乐的中心地位。我还重新审视了他对有意义的艺术社会学的呼吁，不仅要反思这如何影响我自己的研究议程，还要评估该领域的现状并衡量在回应方面取得了多少进展他认真对待意义的挑战。