Culture

Revised
ISBN: 978-0-415-33867-7
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 248 Seiten, Format (B × H): 145 mm x 222 mm, Gewicht: 486 g

Reihe: Key Ideas

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Jenks, Chris

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie Theorie und Methoden der Ethnologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Origins of the Concept of Culture in Philosophy and Literature 2. The Relationship between Culture and Social Structure 3. Culture, Idealism and Social Action 4. Culture, Materialism and Marxism 5. Cultural Stratification as Cultural Reproduction 6. Subculture 7. Visual Culture 8. Urban Culture 9. Culture and Postmodernism

Über Autor(innen)

Chris Jenks, Chris Jenks