{"product_id":"culturemetaculture-francis-mulhern-9780415102292","title":"Culture\/Metaculture","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCulture\/Metaculture\u003c\/em\u003e is a stimulating introduction to the meanings of 'culture' in contemporary Western society. This essential survey examines: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e* culture as an antidote to 'mass' modernity, in the work of Thomas Mann, Julien Benda, José Ortega y Gasset, Karl Mannheim and F. R. Leavis\u003cbr\u003e* changing views of the term in the work of Sigmund Freud, Virginia Woolf, George Orwell, T. S. Eliot and Richard Hoggart\u003cbr\u003e* post-war theories of 'popular' culture and the rise of Cultural Studies, paying particular attention to the key figures of Raymond Williams and Stuart Hall\u003cbr\u003e* theories of 'metaculture', or the ways in which culture, however defined, speaks of itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrancis Mulhern's interdisciplinary approach allows him to draw out the fascinating links between key political issues and the changing definitions of culture. The result is an unrivalled introduction to a concept at the heart of contemporary critical thought.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Francis Mulhern\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0415102294\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780415102292\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/23\/2000\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 220\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.12h x 5.23w x 0.71d","brand":"Francis Mulhern","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48064866877695,"sku":"9780415102292","price":120.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_bb3b9860-1f43-466a-8c75-e1c30129fd0a.jpg?v=1768671565","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/culturemetaculture-francis-mulhern-9780415102292","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}