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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A Reader in Contemporary Social Theory Nicholas B. Dirks, Geoff Eley, Sherry B. Ortner. CULTURE A READER IN CONTEMPORARY SOCIAL THEORY Nicholas B. Dirks Geoff Eley Sherry B. Ortner Editors. WER / HISTORY NJ Front Cover.
A Reader in Contemporary Social Theory Nicholas B. Dirks, Geoff Eley, Sherry B. Ortner. EDITORS Sherry B. Ortner , Nicholas B. Dirks , Geoff Eley A LIST OF TITLES IN THIS SERIES APPEARS AT THE BACK OF THE BOOK PRINCETON STUDIES IN ...
A Reader in Contemporary Social Theory Nicholas B. Dirks, Geoff Eley, Sherry B. Ortner. Culture / Power / History A READER IN CONTEMPORARY SOCIAL THEORY NICHOLAS B. DIRKS , GEOFF ELEY , AND SHERRY B. ORTNER , EDITORS PRINCETON UNIVERSITY ...
A Reader in Contemporary Social Theory Nicholas B. Dirks, Geoff Eley, Sherry B. Ortner. We should stress that this ... readings are unrepentantly indifferent to disciplinary identities of the tra- ditional kind . We have tried to avoid an ...
A Reader in Contemporary Social Theory Nicholas B. Dirks, Geoff Eley, Sherry B. Ortner. during this lengthy process ... readings by John Bowen and Tom Laqueur were extremely helpful in bringing the process to closure . Lorna Altstetter ...
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