The Experience of Culture.

By: Richardson, MichaelMaterial type: TextTextSeries: Published in association with Theory, Culture & SocietyPublisher: London : SAGE Publications, 2001Copyright date: ©2001Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (188 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781412933278Subject(s): Study and teachingGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Experience of CultureDDC classification: 306.01 LOC classification: HM621.R533Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1 -The Manifestation of Culture in Human Life -- Chapter 2 - Entering Culture -- Chapter 3 - The Differentiation of Cultures -- Chapter 4 - Culture as Communication -- Chapter 5 - Experience of the Senses -- Chapter 6 - Culture and the Natural World -- Chapter 7 - The Place of Reason in Culture -- Chapter 8 - Transformatory Processes of Culture: Knowledge and Freedom -- Chapter 9 - Culture and the Status of Reality -- Chapter 10 - The Technologisation of Culture -- Chapter 11 - Reintegrations -- Bibliography -- Index.
Summary: Over the last 20 years culture has become a key concept in intellectual disciplines across the social sciences and humanities. However, it is a notoriously difficult concept to pin down, having very different meanings in different contexts. This book seeks to chart a route through the maze, revealing the variety of meanings of culture. It demonstrates that culture is not something that emerges from out of human activity, but rather is part and parcel of it. This book looks at how culture emerges and manifests itself in human life, and how it is experienced in the life of individuals and collectivities. It also explores the ways in which globalizing processes and changes in technology are affecting cultural identity, and w.
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Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1 -The Manifestation of Culture in Human Life -- Chapter 2 - Entering Culture -- Chapter 3 - The Differentiation of Cultures -- Chapter 4 - Culture as Communication -- Chapter 5 - Experience of the Senses -- Chapter 6 - Culture and the Natural World -- Chapter 7 - The Place of Reason in Culture -- Chapter 8 - Transformatory Processes of Culture: Knowledge and Freedom -- Chapter 9 - Culture and the Status of Reality -- Chapter 10 - The Technologisation of Culture -- Chapter 11 - Reintegrations -- Bibliography -- Index.

Over the last 20 years culture has become a key concept in intellectual disciplines across the social sciences and humanities. However, it is a notoriously difficult concept to pin down, having very different meanings in different contexts. This book seeks to chart a route through the maze, revealing the variety of meanings of culture. It demonstrates that culture is not something that emerges from out of human activity, but rather is part and parcel of it. This book looks at how culture emerges and manifests itself in human life, and how it is experienced in the life of individuals and collectivities. It also explores the ways in which globalizing processes and changes in technology are affecting cultural identity, and w.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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