Culture/power/history : a reader in contemporary social theory

Nicholas B. Dirks, Geoff Eley, and Sherry B. Ortner, editors

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 concepts - "culture," "power," and "history" - this reader offers an enriching perspective on social theory in the contemporary moment. Organized around these three concepts, "Culture/ Power/History" brings together both classic and new essays that address Foucault's "new economy of power relations" in a number of different, contestatory directions. Representing innovative work from various disciplines and sites of study, from taxidermy to Madonna, the book seeks to affirm the creative possibilities available in a time marked by growing uncertainty about established disciplinary forms of knowledge and by the increasing fluidity of the boundaries between them. The book is introduced by a major synthetic essay by the editors, which calls attention to the most significant issues enlivening theoretical discourse today. The editors seek not only to encourage scholars to reflect anew on the course of social theory, but also to orient newcomers to this area of inquiry.The essays are contributed by Linda Alcoff ("Cultural Feminism versus Post-Structuralism"), Sally Alexander ("Women, Class, and Sexual Differences in the 1830s and 1840s"), Tony Bennett ("The Exhibitionary Complex"), Pierre Bourdieu ("Structures, Habitus, Power"), Nicholas B. Dirks ("Ritual and Resistance"), Geoff Eley ("Nations, Publics, and Political Cultures"), Michel Foucault (Two Lectures), Henry Louis Gates, Jr.( "Authority, [White] Power and the [Black] Critic"), Stephen Greenblatt ("The Circulation of Social Energy"), Ranajit Guha ("The Prose of Counter-Insurgency"), and Stuart Hall ("Cultural Studies: Two Paradigms").The essays are also contributed by: Susan Harding ("The Born-Again Telescandals"), Donna Haraway ("Teddy Bear Patriarchy"), Dick Hebdige ("After the Masses"), Susan McClary ("Living to Tell: Madonna's Resurrection of the Fleshly"), Sherry B. Ortner ("Theory in Anthropology since the Sixties"), Marshall Sahlins ("Cosmologies of Capitalism"), Elizabeth G. Traube ("Secrets of Success in Postmodern Society"), Raymond Williams (selections from Marxism and Literature), and Judith Williamson ("Family, Education, Photography").

「Nielsen BookData」より

[目次]

  • Preface Ch. 1Teddy Bear Patriarchy: Taxidermy in the Garden of Eden, New York City, 1908-1936 Ch. 2Cultural Feminism versus Post-Structuralism: The Identity Crisis in Feminist Theory Ch. 3The Exhibitionary Complex Ch. 4Structures, Habitus, Power: Basis for a Theory of Symbolic Power Ch. 5Two Lectures Ch. 6After the Masses Ch. 7Family, Education, Photography Ch. 8Authority, (White) Power and the (Black) Critic
  • It's All Greek to Me Ch. 9Women, Class and Sexual Differences in the 1830s and 1840s: Some Reflections on the Writing of a Feminist History Ch. 10Nations, Publics, and Political Cultures: Placing Habermas in the Nineteenth Century Ch. 11The Prose of Counter-Insurgency Ch. 12Theory in Anthropology since the Sixties Ch. 13Cosmologies of Capitalism: The Trans-Pacific Sector of "The World System" Ch. 14Living to Tell: Madonna's Resurrection of the Fleshly Ch. 15Ritual and Resistance: Subversion as a Social Fact Ch. 16The Circulation of Social Energy Ch. 17Cultural Studies: Two Paradigms Ch. 18The Born-Again Telescandals Ch. 19Secrets of Success in Postmodern Society Ch. 20Selections from Marxism and Literature Notes on the Contributors Index

「Nielsen BookData」より

この本の情報

書名 Culture/power/history : a reader in contemporary social theory
著作者等 Eley, Geoff
Dirks, Nicholas B.
Ortner, Sherry B.
シリーズ名 Princeton studies in culture/power/history
出版元 Princeton University Press
刊行年月 c1994
ページ数 xiv, 621 p.
大きさ 25 cm
ISBN 0691021023
0691032203
NCID BA21393244
※クリックでCiNii Booksを表示
言語 英語
出版国 アメリカ合衆国
この本を: 
このエントリーをはてなブックマークに追加

このページを印刷

外部サイトで検索

この本と繋がる本を検索

ウィキペディアから連想