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Culture/Power/History: A Reader in Contemporary Social Theory
Nicholas B. Dirks (Ed.)
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Description for Culture/Power/History: A Reader in Contemporary Social Theory
Paperback. Offers a perspective on social theory in the contemporary moment. This readers includes essays that address Foucault's "new economy of power relations" in a number of different, contestatory directions. Editor(s): Dirks, Nicholas B.; Eley, Geoff; Ortner, Sherry B. Series: Princeton Studies in Culture, Power, History. Num Pages: 640 pages, 18 halftones 1 line illus. BIC Classification: JFC; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 157 x 234 x 38. Weight in Grams: 900.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
644
Condition
New
Series
Princeton Studies in Culture, Power, History
Number of Pages
640
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691021027
SKU
V9780691021027
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About Nicholas B. Dirks (Ed.)
Nicholas B. Dirks is Professor of Anthropology and History, Geoff Eley is Professor of History, and Sherry B. Ortner is Professor of Anthropology and Women's Studies, all at the University of Michigan.
Reviews for Culture/Power/History: A Reader in Contemporary Social Theory
"This collection of important essays, with a thoughtful and, in places, moving ... introduction to the current questions and conversations-and dilemmas-of social-cultural history is now the best volume we have on the topic."
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