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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... things could be otherwise. In part this involves a complex use of language, a refusal to define concepts, and a pursuit of arguments into unresolved contradictions. Contradictions expose the inadequacies of reified thought, and ...
... things could be otherwise. In part this involves a complex use of language, a refusal to define concepts, and a pursuit of arguments into unresolved contradictions. Contradictions expose the inadequacies of reified thought, and ...
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... things could be otherwise. While Adorno is a critic of the Enlightenment, he is ultimately a critic of its failure (Adorno and Horkheimer 1973). There has been too little enlightenment, not too much. In avant-garde art, in contrast to ...
... things could be otherwise. While Adorno is a critic of the Enlightenment, he is ultimately a critic of its failure (Adorno and Horkheimer 1973). There has been too little enlightenment, not too much. In avant-garde art, in contrast to ...
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... things, Aristotle argues that Plato's theory does not have any genuine explanatory power when it comes to the ... thing, and the compound of substance is spoken of as composed of the form and the matter' (Metaphysics, Book 7, Chapter 11) ...
... things, Aristotle argues that Plato's theory does not have any genuine explanatory power when it comes to the ... thing, and the compound of substance is spoken of as composed of the form and the matter' (Metaphysics, Book 7, Chapter 11) ...
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... thing as 'pleasure' or 'being content', however. Rather, being happy in Aristotle's sense means both living and behaving in a manner that is virtuous. This view is derived from Aristotle's claim that humans are different from plants and ...
... thing as 'pleasure' or 'being content', however. Rather, being happy in Aristotle's sense means both living and behaving in a manner that is virtuous. This view is derived from Aristotle's claim that humans are different from plants and ...
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... things: one cannot, in his view, be jealous or resentful to a degree that is 'appropriate' under any circumstances). Virtue, then, on an Aristotelian view is about knowing how to act, and such knowledge requires wisdom. To be wise means ...
... things: one cannot, in his view, be jealous or resentful to a degree that is 'appropriate' under any circumstances). Virtue, then, on an Aristotelian view is about knowing how to act, and such knowledge requires wisdom. To be wise means ...
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