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The structure of modern cultural theory /

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 cu...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Osborne, Thomas, 1964-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Manchester ; New York : New York : Manchester University Press ; Distributed exclusively in the USA by Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario: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.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (168 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781847791849
1847791840
Acceso:Legal Deposit;