Culture and Critique

Autorentext
Jere Paul Surber is professor of philosophy and cultural studies at the University of Denver.

Klappentext

The philosopher Jere Paul Surber sets out to acquaint students with both the broad and the specialized meanings of cultural studies, providing detailed explanations of theoretical terms, critical strategies and discursive traditions upon which the subject is based.

Inhalt
Introduction: Theorizing Culture, Practicing Criticism -- 1 The Critical Discourse of Liberal Humanism -- 2 Hermeneutics: Interpretation and Critique -- 3 The Materialist Critique of Culture -- 4 Psychoanalysis and the Critique of Culture -- 5 The Critical Theory of the Frankfurt School -- 6 Formalist, Structuralist, and Semiotic Analyses of Culture -- 7 Poststructuralist and Postmodernist Discourses -- 8 Contemporary Cultural Studies -- Conclusion: The Future of Critical Discourse