Store besparelser
Hurtig levering
Gemte
Log ind
0
Kurv
Kurv

Culture

Af: Terry Eagleton Engelsk Paperback

Culture

Af: Terry Eagleton Engelsk Paperback
Tjek vores konkurrenters priser
One of our most brilliant minds offers a sweeping intellectual history that argues for the reclamation of culture’s value Culture is a defining aspect of what it means to be human. Defining culture and pinpointing its role in our lives is not, however, so straightforward. Terry Eagleton, one of our foremost literary and cultural critics, is uniquely poised to take on the challenge. In this keenly analytical and acerbically funny book, he explores how culture and our conceptualizations of it have evolved over the last two centuries—from rarified sphere to humble practices, and from a bulwark against industrialism’s encroaches to present-day capitalism’s most profitable export. Ranging over art and literature as well as philosophy and anthropology, and major but somewhat "unfashionable" thinkers like Johann Gottfried Herder and Edmund Burke as well as T. S. Eliot, Matthew Arnold, Raymond Williams, and Oscar Wilde, Eagleton provides a cogent overview of culture set firmly in its historical and theoretical contexts, illuminating its collusion with colonialism, nationalism, the decline of religion, and the rise of and rule over the "uncultured" masses. Eagleton also examines culture today, lambasting the commodification and co-option of a force that, properly understood, is a vital means for us to cultivate and enrich our social lives, and can even provide the impetus to transform civil society.
Tjek vores konkurrenters priser
Normalpris
kr 155
Fragt: 39 kr
6 - 8 hverdage
20 kr
Pakkegebyr
God 4 anmeldelser på
Tjek vores konkurrenters priser
One of our most brilliant minds offers a sweeping intellectual history that argues for the reclamation of culture’s value Culture is a defining aspect of what it means to be human. Defining culture and pinpointing its role in our lives is not, however, so straightforward. Terry Eagleton, one of our foremost literary and cultural critics, is uniquely poised to take on the challenge. In this keenly analytical and acerbically funny book, he explores how culture and our conceptualizations of it have evolved over the last two centuries—from rarified sphere to humble practices, and from a bulwark against industrialism’s encroaches to present-day capitalism’s most profitable export. Ranging over art and literature as well as philosophy and anthropology, and major but somewhat "unfashionable" thinkers like Johann Gottfried Herder and Edmund Burke as well as T. S. Eliot, Matthew Arnold, Raymond Williams, and Oscar Wilde, Eagleton provides a cogent overview of culture set firmly in its historical and theoretical contexts, illuminating its collusion with colonialism, nationalism, the decline of religion, and the rise of and rule over the "uncultured" masses. Eagleton also examines culture today, lambasting the commodification and co-option of a force that, properly understood, is a vital means for us to cultivate and enrich our social lives, and can even provide the impetus to transform civil society.
Produktdetaljer
Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 192
ISBN-13: 9780300270617
Indbinding: Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10: 0300270615
Udg. Dato: 14 mar 2023
Længde: 17mm
Bredde: 197mm
Højde: 129mm
Forlag: Yale University Press
Oplagsdato: 14 mar 2023
Forfatter(e): Terry Eagleton
Forfatter(e) Terry Eagleton


Kategori Samfunds- & politisk filosofi


ISBN-13 9780300270617


Sprog Engelsk


Indbinding Paperback


Sider 192


Udgave


Længde 17mm


Bredde 197mm


Højde 129mm


Udg. Dato 14 mar 2023


Oplagsdato 14 mar 2023


Forlag Yale University Press

Kategori sammenhænge