{"product_id":"culture-metaculture-paperback","title":"Culture\/Metaculture - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eFrancis Mulhern\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCulture\/Metaculture\u003c\/em\u003e is a stimulating introduction to the meanings of 'culture' in contemporary Western society. This essential survey examines: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e* culture as an antidote to 'mass' modernity, in the work of Thomas Mann, Julien Benda, José Ortega y Gasset, Karl Mannheim and F. R. Leavis\u003cbr\u003e* changing views of the term in the work of Sigmund Freud, Virginia Woolf, George Orwell, T. S. Eliot and Richard Hoggart\u003cbr\u003e* post-war theories of 'popular' culture and the rise of Cultural Studies, paying particular attention to the key figures of Raymond Williams and Stuart Hall\u003cbr\u003e* theories of 'metaculture', or the ways in which culture, however defined, speaks of itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrancis Mulhern's interdisciplinary approach allows him to draw out the fascinating links between key political issues and the changing definitions of culture. The result is an unrivalled introduction to a concept at the heart of contemporary critical thought.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrancis Mulhern is Professor of Critical Studies at the University of Middlesex. He is author of \u003cem\u003eThe Moment of Scrutiny\u003c\/em\u003e (1979) and \u003cem\u003eThe Present Lasts a Long Time\u003c\/em\u003e (1998).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.55 x 7.74 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 23, 2000\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47385095930105,"sku":"9780415102308","price":51.82,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/ZG05bnZnQVVBYlJveGloYnFwLzJ2dz09.webp?v=1770171982","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/culture-metaculture-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}