Cultural Theory: The Key ThinkersAndrew Edgar, Peter Sedgwick Routledge, 28.07.2005 - 304 Seiten Featuring over eighty essays, Cultural Theory: The Key Thinkers is a seminal guide to the literary critics, sociologists, historians, artists, philosophers and writers who have shaped culture and society, and the way in which we view them. Ranging from Arnold to Le Corbusier, from Eco to Marx, the entries offer a lucid analysis of the work of influential figures in the study of cultural theory, making this the perfect introduction for the student and general reader alike. |
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... arguments into unresolved contradictions. Contradictions expose the inadequacies of reified thought, and ... arguing that the thinker or analyst is not autonomous from the reality they seek to analyse. Rather, because the very structure ...
... arguments into unresolved contradictions. Contradictions expose the inadequacies of reified thought, and ... arguing that the thinker or analyst is not autonomous from the reality they seek to analyse. Rather, because the very structure ...
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... arguments of The Origins of Totalitarianism (1951b). In its first part, Arendt looks to the historical precedents of totalitarianism, not least in the status of the Jews as a pariah group. The position of the pariah is crucial to the ...
... arguments of The Origins of Totalitarianism (1951b). In its first part, Arendt looks to the historical precedents of totalitarianism, not least in the status of the Jews as a pariah group. The position of the pariah is crucial to the ...
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... argument that individual entities are primary and hence ground reality inverts Platonic metaphysics (according to which, particulars encountered by way of the senses are flawed copies of the absolute reality of the realm of Ideas) ...
... argument that individual entities are primary and hence ground reality inverts Platonic metaphysics (according to which, particulars encountered by way of the senses are flawed copies of the absolute reality of the realm of Ideas) ...
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... arguing for a polarised conception of authority and subversion through the juxtaposition of carnival and officialdom, Bakhtin seems to emphasise their ambiguous proximity, for carnival is a contained subversion of the dominant forces ...
... arguing for a polarised conception of authority and subversion through the juxtaposition of carnival and officialdom, Bakhtin seems to emphasise their ambiguous proximity, for carnival is a contained subversion of the dominant forces ...
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... arguing rather that language (or more properly writing – écriture) is already bound up within particular social forms, and as such does not report an independent reality, but creates a reality. Different forms of writing bring with them ...
... arguing rather that language (or more properly writing – écriture) is already bound up within particular social forms, and as such does not report an independent reality, but creates a reality. Different forms of writing bring with them ...
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