Cultural analysis : the work of Peter L. Berger, Mary Douglas, Michel Foucault, and Jurgen Habermas / Robert Wuthnow. [et al.].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wuthnow, Robert, author.

Contributor:

Wuthnow, Robert.

Series:

Routledge library editions. Michel Foucault.

Routledge library editions.Michel Foucault ; v. 5

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Berger, Peter L., 1929-.

Berger, Peter L.

Douglas, Mary.

Foucault, Michel, 1926-1984.

Foucault, Michel.

Habermas, Jürgen.

Culture.

Social change.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (283 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxon [England] : Routledge, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 concerni

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

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

Notes:

First published in 1984.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-135-17473-3

1-283-97042-2

0-203-09277-5

1-135-17474-1

9780203092774

OCLC:

826930427