Cultural Theory
An Introduction
21st Century Sociology
1. Auflage Januar 2001
280 Seiten, Hardcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
ISBN:
978-0-631-21175-4
John Wiley & Sons
Cultural Theory: An Introduction is a concise, accessible introduction to a complex field. Philip Smith provides a balanced, wide-ranging overview of contemporary cultural theory, covering the major thinkers and key concepts that have appeared and developed over the last century. The book has an abundance of special features for students, with summaries, biographical notes, suggestions for further reading, and cross-referencing. This book is an ideal guide for any student or researcher with an interest in the theoretical study of culture and society.
About this Book.
Preface -- What is Culture? What is Cultural Theory?.
1. Culture in Classical Social Theory.
2. Culture and Social Integration in the Work of Talcott
Parsons.
3. Culture as Ideology in Western Marxism.
4. Culture as Action in Symbolic Interactionism, Phenomenology,
and Ethnomethodology.
5. The Durkheimians: Ritual, Classification, and the Sacred.
6. Structuralism and the Semiotic Analysis of Culture.
7. The Poststructural Turn.
8. Culture, Structure, and Agency: Three Attempts at
Synthesis.
9. British Cultural Studies.
10. The Production and Reception of Culture.
11. Culture as Text: Narrative and Hermeneutics.
12. Psychoanalytic Approaches to Culture and the Self.
13. The Cultural Analysis of Postmodernism and
Postmodernity.
14. Postmodern and Poststructural Critical Theory.
References.
Preface -- What is Culture? What is Cultural Theory?.
1. Culture in Classical Social Theory.
2. Culture and Social Integration in the Work of Talcott
Parsons.
3. Culture as Ideology in Western Marxism.
4. Culture as Action in Symbolic Interactionism, Phenomenology,
and Ethnomethodology.
5. The Durkheimians: Ritual, Classification, and the Sacred.
6. Structuralism and the Semiotic Analysis of Culture.
7. The Poststructural Turn.
8. Culture, Structure, and Agency: Three Attempts at
Synthesis.
9. British Cultural Studies.
10. The Production and Reception of Culture.
11. Culture as Text: Narrative and Hermeneutics.
12. Psychoanalytic Approaches to Culture and the Self.
13. The Cultural Analysis of Postmodernism and
Postmodernity.
14. Postmodern and Poststructural Critical Theory.
References.
"This is the best introductory survey of cultural theories I have
read." -- Christian Smith, University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill
"I cannot conceive of a better introduction to a century of
cultural theory. Smith gives cultural theory life and brings it
down to earth, where it belongs." Barry Schwartz, University of
Georgia
"Philip Smith has written the Zagat guide not just to sociology
of culture and cultural sociology, but of cultural theory in the
grandest sense. This will be a great introduction for students and
a cheat sheet for more than a few professors. Bravo!" Roger
Friedland, University of California at Santa Barbara
"This engaging book deftly maps the important theoretical
traditions in the field of cultural analysis, with special
attention to the leading thinkers. Philip Smith's lucid writing and
comprehensive scope will be of great value to students and scholars
as they seek to orient themselves in the field and identify the
major concepts." Robin Wagner-Pacifici, Swarthmore
College
"Being a remarkable practitioner in the domain of cultural
theory, Philip Smith adopts a powerful stance in his far-reaching
approach of the genealogy of this domain." Laurent Thévenot,
Ecole des Hautes Etudes, Paris
".Smith has produced a very useful and informative introduction
to a broad variety of theories and culture" Choice
read." -- Christian Smith, University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill
"I cannot conceive of a better introduction to a century of
cultural theory. Smith gives cultural theory life and brings it
down to earth, where it belongs." Barry Schwartz, University of
Georgia
"Philip Smith has written the Zagat guide not just to sociology
of culture and cultural sociology, but of cultural theory in the
grandest sense. This will be a great introduction for students and
a cheat sheet for more than a few professors. Bravo!" Roger
Friedland, University of California at Santa Barbara
"This engaging book deftly maps the important theoretical
traditions in the field of cultural analysis, with special
attention to the leading thinkers. Philip Smith's lucid writing and
comprehensive scope will be of great value to students and scholars
as they seek to orient themselves in the field and identify the
major concepts." Robin Wagner-Pacifici, Swarthmore
College
"Being a remarkable practitioner in the domain of cultural
theory, Philip Smith adopts a powerful stance in his far-reaching
approach of the genealogy of this domain." Laurent Thévenot,
Ecole des Hautes Etudes, Paris
".Smith has produced a very useful and informative introduction
to a broad variety of theories and culture" Choice
Philip Smith is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at the University of Queensland, Australia. He received his Ph.D. at the University of California at Los Angeles. Among the books he has authored or edited are Researching the Visual (2000), The New American Cultural Sociology (1998) and the Cambridge Companion to Durkheim.
