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- Provides a clear introductory presentation of how the concept of culture has been defined and may be used
- Combines an overview over the conceptual history of culture and cultural theory with an engaged debate of critical perspectives
- Utilizes a range of methods and approaches, including materialist and posthumanist theories relevant to students and academics science and technology studies as well as in courses focusing on cultural policy, gender, ethnicity and identity
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- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (11 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Against Culture: Contestations
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Rethinking Culture: Considerations
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Back Matter
About this book
Authors and Affiliations
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Department of Culture and Education, Södertörn University, Huddinge, Sweden
Johan Fornäs
About the author
Johan Fornäs is Professor of Media and Communication Studies at Södertörn University, Sweden. He founded the Advanced Cultural Studies Institute of Sweden and the journal Culture Unbound, and is a member of Academia Europaea. His previous books include Cultural Theory and Late Modernity (1995), Consuming Media (2007), Signifying Europe (2012), Capitalism (2013) and Europe Faces Europe (2017).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Defending Culture
Book Subtitle: Conceptual Foundations and Contemporary Debate
Authors: Johan Fornäs
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57810-1
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-86256-9Published: 04 August 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-57810-1Published: 04 August 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 256
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: Cultural Theory, Global/International Culture, Cultural Anthropology, Cultural Policy and Politics, Sociology of Culture