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This timely volume provides a framework for understanding the cultural turn in terms of the classical legacy, contemporary cultural theory, and cultural analysis. It reveals the significance of Marxist humanism, Georg Simmel, the Frankfurt School, Stuart Hall, and the Birmingham School, Giddens, Bauman, Foucault, Bourdieu and Baudrillard. Readers receive a dazzling, critical survey of some of the primary figures in the field. However, the book is much more than a rough guide tour through the ‘great figures’ in the field. Through an analysis of specific problems, such as transculturalism, transnationalism, feminism, popular music, and cultural citizenship, it demonstrates the relevance of cultural sociology in elucidating some of the key questions of our time.
‘Speculation to the Death’: Jean Baudrillard's Theoretical Violence
‘Speculation to the Death’: Jean Baudrillard's Theoretical Violence
I have dreamt of a force five conceptual storm blowing over the devastated real.
The Jean Genie
Jean Baudrillard is increasingly being recognized as one of the most important cultural theorists, with his original and perceptive analyses becoming standard reference points for any understanding of contemporary cultural processes and experience. He is also, however, one of the most controversial theorists, his work arousing surprisingly passionate responses, ranging from the hostility of academics, many of whom retain a deep suspicion towards the ‘postmodern’ excesses of his work and thought, to his elevation for a wider public and media to übercool icon: a media and pop-cult sign name-dropped by journalists taking the temperature ...
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