Understanding Culture

0. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-90-8964-991-1
Verlag: Amsterdam University Press

Buch, Englisch, 180 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 315 g

This pioneering textbook explores the theoretical background of cultural variety, both in past and present. How is it possible to study 'culture' when the topic covers the arts, literature, movies, history, sociology, anthropology and gender studies? 'Understanding Culture' examines the evolution of a concept with varying meanings depending on changing norms. Offering a long-duration analysis of the relationship between culture and nature, this book looks at the origins of studying culture from an international perspective.

Using examples from the several scholarly traditions in the practice of studying culture, the book is a key introduction to the area. It identifies the history of interpreting culture as a meeting point between the long-standing historical investigation of 'humanism' and 'postmodernism' and is a comprehensive resource for those who wish to further their engagement with culture as both a historical and contemporary phenomenon.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hellemans, Babette

Weitere Mitwirkende

Marini, Gioia

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Geisteswissenschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1) Introduction; 2) The Classics; 3) Man, mentality and society; 4) Language; 5) The Silence of the Archives; 6) Non-Western Culture; 7) Image, Memory and Practice

Über Autor(innen)

Hellemans, Babette
Babette Hellemans teaches Cultural History and Medieval History at the University of Groningen, the Netherlands. She has published books and articles in English, French and Dutch focusing especially on the French intellectual tradition, the relationship between religion, academic discourse and the anthropology of images.

"http://www.rug.nl/staff/b.s.hellemans/cv"> Babette Hellemans teaches Cultural History and Medieval History at the University of Groningen, the Netherlands. She has published books and articles in English, French and Dutch focusing especially on the French intellectual tradition, the relationship between religion, academic discourse and the anthropology of images.