Culture/power/history: A Reader in Contemporary Social TheoryNicholas B. Dirks, Geoff Eley, Sherry B. Ortner The intellectual radicalism of the 1960s spawned a new set of questions about the role and nature of "the political" in social life, questions that have since revolutionized nearly every field of thought, from literary criticism through anthropology to the philosophy of science. Michel Foucault in particular made us aware that whatever our functionally defined "roles" in society, we are constantly negotiating questions of authority and the control of the definitions of reality. Such insights have led theorists to challenge concepts that have long formed the very underpinnings of their disciplines. By exploring some of the most debated of these concepts--"culture," "power," and "history"--this reader offers an enriching perspective on social theory in the contemporary moment. |
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... play the multiple roles of " adversary , target , support , or handle in power relations " ( ibid . ) . Foucault's complex understanding of power therefore invites analyses of the multiple ways in which power is deployed , engaging the ...
... played objects both a sign of general decadence and the transformative means for the conquest of death . Haraway tells us how the texts of the dioramas , like the texts that narrate the lives of Akeley and his wives , patrons , and ...
... the collective making of distinct cultural practices and inquiry into the relations among these practices , " but his readings constantly traverse between the cultural cat- egories at play , so to speak , on the 22 INTRODUCTION .
... play , so to speak , on the Elizabethan stage and the interests — insti- tutional , personal , financial , political — that cross the aesthetic boundaries be- tween the theater and the world ( see also Greenblatt 1980 ) . Greenblatt's ...
... played a key part in this challenge . The complexities of reading ( and writing ) have brought the category of the text and the work of interpretation into question . From focusing on authorial intention and the text's single at ...
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Culture/power/history: A Reader in Contemporary Social Theory Nicholas B. Dirks,Geoff Eley No preview available - 1994 |