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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... social question'. Put otherwise, contemporary societies, in contrast with the ancient Greek polity, fail to recognise that the private realm of the household (oikia) was the site of labour and thus necessity, and as such should serve ...
... social question'. Put otherwise, contemporary societies, in contrast with the ancient Greek polity, fail to recognise that the private realm of the household (oikia) was the site of labour and thus necessity, and as such should serve ...
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... social status who suffers a fall from grace as a consequence of some act they have made. Thus, in Sophocles' Oedipus, Oedipus unwittingly kills his father and marries his mother. Plot should determine the presence of characters in a ...
... social status who suffers a fall from grace as a consequence of some act they have made. Thus, in Sophocles' Oedipus, Oedipus unwittingly kills his father and marries his mother. Plot should determine the presence of characters in a ...
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... social advancement in troubled times. As an antidote to the rapid transmission, and easy acceptance, of values advocating industrial progress, individual liberty, Protestant ethic and Puritan bias, Arnold sought civilised unity through ...
... social advancement in troubled times. As an antidote to the rapid transmission, and easy acceptance, of values advocating industrial progress, individual liberty, Protestant ethic and Puritan bias, Arnold sought civilised unity through ...
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... social domination. Shaped by this laughter, carnival challenges the closed world of social laws and restraints and, in turn, offers a world which exists in a realm that is independent of officialdom. As long as the carnival lasts there ...
... social domination. Shaped by this laughter, carnival challenges the closed world of social laws and restraints and, in turn, offers a world which exists in a realm that is independent of officialdom. As long as the carnival lasts there ...
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... social transgression. Bataille's writings are also marked by an engagement with the thought of such figures as De Sade, Nietzsche, Hegel, Freud, the poetry of Blake, and the writings of Jean Genet. Bataille studied at Epernay College ...
... social transgression. Bataille's writings are also marked by an engagement with the thought of such figures as De Sade, Nietzsche, Hegel, Freud, the poetry of Blake, and the writings of Jean Genet. Bataille studied at Epernay College ...
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