"CULTURE PHILOSOPHY" (Subject) - Books, journals, articles @ The Questia Online Library

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Leslie Fiedler and American Culture

Book by Steven G. Kellman, Irving Malin; University of Delaware Press, 1999

Subjects:

Criticism--United States--History--20th Century, Culture--Philosophy, Fiedler, Leslie A--Criticism And Interpretation, National Characteristics, American--Historiography, United States--Civilization--Historiography

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...States-History-20th century. 4. United States-Civilization- Historiography. 5. Fiedler, Leslie A.-Views on culture. 6. Culture-Philosophy. I. Kellman, Steven G., 1947- . II. Malin, Irving. PS3556.I34Z76 1999 810.9-dc21 1 99-18961 1 CIP PRINTED...
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Culture

Book by Chris Jenks; Routledge, 2004

Subjects:

Culture--Philosophy, Social Structure

Collections: Philosophy, Entire Library

Culture is a concept that has remained on the top of the agenda within the social sciences for two decades. It incites controversy and debate and always appears fresh. This book, updated throughout and with new sections on visual culture, urban culture and subcultures, argues that to understand the ...
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Culture is a concept that has remained on the top of the agenda within the social sciences for two decades. It incites controversy and debate and always appears fresh. This book, updated throughout and with new sections on visual culture, urban culture and subcultures, argues that to understand the concept we need to locate it within traditions of thought and appreciate its political and ideological bases. The book looks at the concept of culture in the context of idealism and materialism, examining its relation to the notion of social structure and assessing its once assumed monopoly within literary study. Culture remains stimulating throughout. A standard reference text for students on sociology and cultural studies courses, this second concise and student-friendly edition offers an overview over the sociology of culture in an accessible format.
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The Politics of Cultural Performance

Book by David Parkin, Lionel Caplan, Humphrey Fisher; Berghahn Books, 1996

Subjects:

Culture--Philosophy, Ethnology--Philosophy, Rites And Ceremonies, Symbolic Anthropology

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...1-57181-898-7 cloth : alk. paper . -- ISBN 1-57181-925-8 paper : alk. paper 1. Ethnology--Philosophy. 2. Culture--Philosophy. 3. Symbolic anthropology. 4. Rites and ceremonies. I. Parkin, David J. II. Caplan, Lionel. III. Fisher...
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Culture and Critique: An Introduction to the Critical Discourses of Cultural Studies

Book by Jere Paul Surber; Westview Press, 1998

Subjects:

Critical Theory, Culture--Philosophy, Culture--Study And Teaching, Discourse Analysis, Social Sciences--Philosophy

Collections: Philosophy, Entire Library

"From culture to critique, Kant to Gadamer, Marx to Bourdieu, this detailed & brilliantly argued account of the history, theory, & practice of cultural studies is the best introduction to the subject that we have." Eric Gould University of Denver "An excellent pathway through a diverse field.... The ...
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"From culture to critique, Kant to Gadamer, Marx to Bourdieu, this detailed & brilliantly argued account of the history, theory, & practice of cultural studies is the best introduction to the subject that we have." Eric Gould University of Denver "An excellent pathway through a diverse field.... The special appeal of this book is to clarify the role of the critic, who is both immanent & transcendent, participant & objective observer alike.... It places current trends from Deconstruction Semiotics into Postmodernism & Poststructuralism in their historical & theoretical background, ranging from Hermeneutics to Marxism. In a truly Renaissance manner, Dr. Surber has incorporated the diverse trends in a loose, yet clear structure." Achim D. Koddermann SUNY at Oneonta
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Wild Things: The Material Culture of Everyday Life

Book by Judy Attfield; Berg, 2000

Subjects:

Culture--Philosophy, Design--Social Aspects, Material Culture

Collections: Entire Library

Shortlisted for the Design History Society Scholarship Prize 2001-2002What do things mean? What does the life of everyday objects after the check-out reveal about people and their material worlds? Has the quest for the real thing become so important because the high tech world of total virtuality ...
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Shortlisted for the Design History Society Scholarship Prize 2001-2002What do things mean? What does the life of everyday objects after the check-out reveal about people and their material worlds? Has the quest for the real thing become so important because the high tech world of total virtuality threatens to engulf us? This pioneering book bridges design theory and anthropology to offer a new and challenging way of understanding the changing meanings of contemporary human-object relations. The act of consumption is only the starting point in objects lives. Thereafter they are transformed and invested with new meanings that reflect and assert who we are. Defining design as things with attitude differentiates the highly visible fashionable object from ordinary artefacts that are taken for granted. Through case studies ranging from reproduction furniture to fashion and textiles to clutter, the author traces the connection between objects and authenticity, ephemerality and self-identity. But beyond this, she shows the materiality of the everyday in terms of space, time and the body and suggests a transition with the passing of time from embodiment to disembodiment.
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