Alan Swingewood

Cultural Theory and the Problem of Modernity

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book presents a critical analysis of the relation between sociological theory and recent debates in cultural studies. A distinctive sociological perspective is developed based on the work of Marx, Weber, Bourdieu and Bakhtin. The book examines the problems of theorising issues such as modernity, mass culture and postmodernity by advocating a historical and context-based approach.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Macmillan Education UK / Red Globe Press / Springer, Berlin
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-0-333-61341-2
• 1998
• Seitenzahl: 204
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. August 1998
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 222mm x 145mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 350g
• ISBN-13: 9780333613412
• ISBN-10: 0333613414
• Artikelnr.: 47667247

Autorenporträt

ALAN SWINGEWOOD is Lecturer in Sociology at the London School of Economics and Political Science, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction.- Theorising Culture: Marxism.- Theorising Culture: Weber, Simmel and Social Action.- Problems of Culture Industry.- Culture Analysis and Systems Theory.- Contextualising Culture.- The Theory of Cultural Fields.- Dialogism and Cultural Forms.- Modernity and Culture.- Postmodernity and Mass Culture.- Conclusion.- Bibliography.- Index.

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Introduction
Theorising Culture: Marxism
Theorising Culture: Weber, Simmel and Social Action
Problems of Culture Industry
Culture Analysis and Systems Theory
Contextualising Culture
The Theory of Cultural Fields
Dialogism and Cultural Forms
Modernity and Culture
Postmodernity and Mass Culture
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index.