The structure of modern cultural theory / Thomas Osborne.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Osborne, Thomas, 1964-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Adorno, Theodor W., 1903-1969.

Adorno, Theodor W.

Foucault, Michel, 1926-1984.

Foucault, Michel.

Bourdieu, Pierre, 1930-2002.

Bourdieu, Pierre.

Culture.

Critical theory.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (177 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Manchester, U.K. ; New York : Manchester University Press ; New York : Distributed exclusively in the USA by Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

This book is about the claims of Cultural Theory as a particular kind of intellectual ethos or discipline. The book argues that Cultural Theory is best seen, at least in its 'modern' form, as an ethical discipline. As such, it should be seen as a form of inquiry governed by the guiding idea of the cultivation of critical autonomy and, as such, is designed as much to change what we are in our relations to ourselves as to describe the world as it is in particular 'positive' ways. The content of the book develops this argument through critical readings of three canonical writers, namely Theodor A

Contents:

9780719078231; 9780719078231; Copyright; Contents; Preface and acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Culture - an antinomical view; 2 Adorno as educator; 3 Foucault and the ethics of subjectivity; 4 Bourdieu, ethics and reflexivity; 5 A note on postmodern cultural theory; Conclusion; Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781847797223

1847797229

9781847791849

1847791840

OCLC:

818847373