In Near Ruins: Cultural Theory at the End of the Century

by Nicholas B. Dirks

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A group of leading scholars considers the current state of cultural analysis.

If culture is suspect, what of cultural theory? At a moment when culture's traditional caretakers-humanism, philosophy, anthropology, and the nation-state-are undergoing crisis and mutation, this volume charts the tensions and contradictions in the development and deployment of the concept of culture.

Skeptical of the concept of culture...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0816631239

ISBN13:9780816631230

Release Date:December 1998

Publisher:University of Minnesota Press

Length:326 Pages

Weight:0.95 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 5.9" x 9.0"

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Cultural Politics & Social Sciences Social Science Social Sciences

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