ISBN:
9780415561983
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (283 p)
Series Statement:
Rouledge Library Editions: Michel Foucault
Series Statement:
Routledge Library Editions: Michel Foucault Ser.
Parallel Title:
Print version Cultural Analysis : The Work of Peter L. Berger, Mary Douglas, Michel Foucault, and Jürgen Habermas
DDC:
306
Keywords:
Berger, Peter L. ; 1929-
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Culture
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Douglas, Mary
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Foucault, Michel ; 1926-1984
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Habermas, Jürgen
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Social change
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
Abstract:
First published in 1984, Cultural Analysis is a systematic examination of the theories of culture contained in the writings of four contemporary social theorists: Peter L. Berger, Mary Douglas, Michel Foucault, and Jürgen Habermas.This study of their work clarifies their contributions to the analysis of culture and shows the converging assumptions that the authors believe are laying the foundation for a new approach to the study of culture. The focus is specifically on culture, a concept that remains subject to ambiguities of treatment, and concentrates on questions concerning the definition a
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; CULTURAL ANALYSIS; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; 1 Introduction; Limiting assumptions; Four perspectives on culture; Toward clarification and comparison; 2 The phenomenology of Peter L. Berger; Intellectual assumptions; Berger's perspective on culture; Culture and social change; Conclusions; 3 The cultural anthropology of Mary Douglas; Intellectual assumptions; Douglas's perspective on culture; Culture and social change; Conclusions; 4 The neo-structuralism of Michel Foucault; Intellectual assumptions; Foucault's perspective on culture
Description / Table of Contents:
Culture and social changeConclusions; 5 The critical theory of Jürgen Habermas; Intellectual assumptions; Habermas's perspective on culture; Culture and social change; Conclusions; 6 An emerging framework; The problem of subjectivity; Relating culture and social structure; The issue of positivism; Cultural analysis; Bibliography; Index;
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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