Culture and the State - Brossura

Lloyd, David

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0415911036 ISBN 13: 9780415911030

Casa editrice: Routledge, 1998

Riassunto

From the end of the eighteenth century to the late nineteenth century, a remarkable convergence takes place in Europe between theories of the modern state and theories of culture. Culture and the State explores that theoretical convergence in relation to the social functions of state and cultural institutions, showing how cultural education comes to play the role of forming citizens for the modern state. It critiques the way in which materialistic thinking has largely taken the concept of culture for granted and failed to grasp its relation to the idea of the state.

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L'autore

Paul Thomas is Professor of Political Science, specializing in political theory, University of California, Bekeley. He is the Author of Alien Politics: Marxist State Theory Retrieved (Routledge, 1994.) David Lloyd is Professor of English at the University of California, Berkeley.

Product Description

From the end of the eighteenth century to the late nineteenth century,a remarkable convergence took place in Europe between theories of the modern state and theories of culture. Culture and the State explores that theoretical convergence in relation to the social functions of state and cultural institutions,showing how cultural education comes to play the role of forming citizens for the modern state. The book records the history of working class resistance to the emergence of state educational institutions and the gradual acceptance of them by working class movements later in the century.Rather than subscribe to the notion of culture as an autonomous domain,the book pursues its shifting involvement with state projects through the nineteenth century.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Routledge
• Data di pubblicazione: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0415911036
• ISBN 13: 9780415911030
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Lingua: Inglese
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 244