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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... present . As a selection , it crystallizes from our own particular configuration of inter- ests , and reflects our respective temporal and national formations , in ways— culturally , intellectually , politically — that the Introduction ...
... present much creative effort is needed to synthesize an understanding of local movements and class culture , on the one hand , and large - scale state dynam- ics , on the other . Thus " power " is moving around the social space . No ...
... present some sort of ancestral pedigree . Rather , there is a kind of dislodging of a whole series of assumptions about what culture is and how it works . But if culture is being historicized , history is being — there is really no verb ...
... present everywhere in the power network " ( ibid . ) . For Foucault , power is not simply juridical . Rather than exercising the negative function of limitation or repression , of just saying no , power is productive and inciting ...
... present nature in the New York museum in dioramic scenes that would convey it in its truthful essence . Through taxidermy , which was art in the service of science , he conjured perfect images of natural power and beauty , noble beasts ...
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Culture/power/history: A Reader in Contemporary Social Theory Nicholas B. Dirks,Geoff Eley No preview available - 1994 |