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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... individuals do not in any sense exist independently of the constitution of economic and social structures. This view lay at the heart of Althusser's anti-humanism. Whereas Marxists had traditionally argued that human beings are the ...
... individuals do not in any sense exist independently of the constitution of economic and social structures. This view lay at the heart of Althusser's anti-humanism. Whereas Marxists had traditionally argued that human beings are the ...
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... individuals act in complete equality with others, capable of pure creativity (the 'beautiful deed'). This realm is, in effect, the community – or republic – from which the pariah is excluded. The problem of contemporary democratic ...
... individuals act in complete equality with others, capable of pure creativity (the 'beautiful deed'). This realm is, in effect, the community – or republic – from which the pariah is excluded. The problem of contemporary democratic ...
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... individual person is a human (species) and an animal (genus). They also include quantities and qualities (e.g. size and colour) and relations ('X is three times bigger than Y'). In effect, Aristotle's argument that individual entities ...
... individual person is a human (species) and an animal (genus). They also include quantities and qualities (e.g. size and colour) and relations ('X is three times bigger than Y'). In effect, Aristotle's argument that individual entities ...
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... individual ought to take daily. Rather, it is a principle that advocates the right kind of behaviour for an individual appropriate to their circumstances. If you live an active life you will not need to exercise as often as someone who ...
... individual ought to take daily. Rather, it is a principle that advocates the right kind of behaviour for an individual appropriate to their circumstances. If you live an active life you will not need to exercise as often as someone who ...
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... individual is not dominated by drives beyond their control. To be mean or profligate with money, for example, is unhealthy. Getting the right balance, in this instance, means knowing when one ought to be careful with one's resources and ...
... individual is not dominated by drives beyond their control. To be mean or profligate with money, for example, is unhealthy. Getting the right balance, in this instance, means knowing when one ought to be careful with one's resources and ...
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