Metaculture : how culture moves through the world / Greg Urban ; foreword by Benjamin Lee.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Urban, Greg, 1949-

Series:

Public worlds ; v. 8.

Public worlds ; v. 8

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Culture.

Social values.

Intercultural communication.

Civilization, Modern--Philosophy.

Civilization, Modern.

Tradition (Philosophy).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (335 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis, MN : University of Minnesota Press, c2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

From the Declaration of Independence to the movie Babe, from the Amazon River to the film studio, from microscopic studies of the words making up myths and books to the large-scale forces of conquest, conversion, and globalization that drive history, Urban follows the clues to a startling revelation: ""metaculture"" makes the modern, entrepreneurial form of culture possible. In Urban's work we see how metaculture, in its relationship to newness, explains the peculiar shape of modern society and its institutions, from the prevalence of taste and choice to the processes of the public sphere, to

Contents:

The once and future thing

In modern time

This nation will rise up

This is ridiculous

The public eye

Inability to foresee.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 297-306) and index.

ISBN:

0-8166-9304-8

OCLC:

476095074