{"product_id":"dreams-of-presence-mitch-rose-9781487566173","title":"Dreams of Presence: A Geographical Theory of Culture","description":"\u003cp\u003eThroughout the twentieth century, the question of culture was a central pillar of social scientific thought. Today, however, the concept has disappeared from the academic landscape. Despite pressing political debates about culture wars, identity politics, cultural appropriation, and nativism, the concept of culture is no longer seen as a credible explanatory tool.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDreams of Presence\u003c\/em\u003e provides a novel theoretical approach to the question of culture and will be of use to geographers, anthropologists, sociologists, and social theorists grappling to understand why culture continues to be a dominant political force in our contemporary world. Drawing on Heidegger, Levinas, Derrida, and Zizek, Mitch Rose provides an existential, rather than sociological, account of culture, conceptualizing it as a refuge where subjects endeavour to establish ownership over a life that perpetually eludes them. The book argues that culture is a claim; not something subjects ever have but something they desire; not something properly present but a \u003cem\u003edream of presence\u003c\/em\u003e: an imagination of identity we cultivate, care for, and materially build in order to assure ourselves that we are sovereign, self-standing beings. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mitch Rose\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1487566174\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781487566173\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Toronto Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/19\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 254\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.00d","brand":"Mitch Rose","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46451180077311,"sku":"9781487566173","price":70.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_04f00e6b-af63-4a0c-8ecd-d7c41ef6546b.jpg?v=1735876694","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/dreams-of-presence-mitch-rose-9781487566173","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}