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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... effect, while in nineteenthcentury capitalism consumers chose goods because they found them useful, now our very acts of choice are constructed by the producers. The commodity exists, not to satisfy the needs or desires of consumers ...
... effect, while in nineteenthcentury capitalism consumers chose goods because they found them useful, now our very acts of choice are constructed by the producers. The commodity exists, not to satisfy the needs or desires of consumers ...
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Andrew Edgar, Peter Sedgwick. effect, philosophy and science (like advertising) exist to reproduce capitalism. Adorno is therefore suspicious of the very possibility of thinking coherently and critically about capitalism in its own terms ...
Andrew Edgar, Peter Sedgwick. effect, philosophy and science (like advertising) exist to reproduce capitalism. Adorno is therefore suspicious of the very possibility of thinking coherently and critically about capitalism in its own terms ...
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... effect, the community – or republic – from which the pariah is excluded. The problem of contemporary democratic societies lies in the fact that governments have placed the satisfaction of material needs over and above the creation of ...
... effect, the community – or republic – from which the pariah is excluded. The problem of contemporary democratic societies lies in the fact that governments have placed the satisfaction of material needs over and above the creation of ...
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... effect, Aristotle's 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 ...
... effect, Aristotle's 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 ...
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... effect wherein the viewer of the play experiences an emotional cleansing as a result of witnessing the events portrayed. Aristotle's influence upon European culture, like that of his teacher Plato, has been profound. In the medieval ...
... effect wherein the viewer of the play experiences an emotional cleansing as a result of witnessing the events portrayed. Aristotle's influence upon European culture, like that of his teacher Plato, has been profound. In the medieval ...
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