Culture : reinventing the social sciences

著者

• Smith, Mark J.

書誌事項

Culture : reinventing the social sciences

Mark J. Smith

（Concepts in the social sciences）

Open University Press, 2000

• : pbk

注記

Includes bibliographical references (p. [134]-142) and index

内容説明・目次

巻冊次

: pbk ISBN 9780335203185

内容説明

* How has the meaning of culture been reconsidered? * What impact has this had on approaches to social enquiry? * Should culture be seen as central to social science? Over the past three decades there has been a transformation in the ways that social science has been conducted. In order to understand what is happening, we have to explore the implications of a rethinking of the meaning of culture, from a hierarchical system of classification to a contested space. This wide-ranging introduction to the concept of culture examines the ways in which we approach social enquiry, and argues that cultural theory can help to overcome problems in disciplinary and interdisciplinary analysis. Mark J. Smith explores how changes in the meaning of 'culture' have pinpointed key shifts in the way we research society, and draws on contemporary sociology, psychology, politics, geography and the study of crime to consider the ways in which cultural transformation has changed the landscape of social research. He concludes with a persuasive and focused discussion of the centrality of culture in postdisciplinary social science. This landmark text represents essential reading for students and researchers with an interest in the cultural dimension of social science.

目次

Preface Prologue culture and the postdisciplinary imperative A genealogy of culture from canonicity to classification Culture and everyday life the ordinary is extraordinary Culture and structure the logic of mediation Culture and hegemony towards the logic of articulation Contested cultural spaces identity, discourse and the body Culture and the prospects for a postdisciplinary social science References Index.

巻冊次

ISBN 9780335203192

内容説明

In the past three decades there has been a transformation in the ways that social science has been conducted. In order to understand what is happening, we have to explore the implications of a rethinking of the meaning of culture, from a hierarchical system of classification to a contested space. This introduction to the concept of culture examines the ways in which we approach social enquiry, and argues that cultural theory can help to overcome problems in disciplinary and interdisciplinary analysis. The author explores how changes in the meaning of "culture" have pinpointed key shifts in the way we research society, and draws on contemporary sociology, psychology, politics and geography to consider the ways in which cultural transformation has changed the landscape of social research. He concludes with a persuasive and focused discussion of the centrality of culture. This text should be of interest to undergraduate students and postgraduate researchers in cultural studies, sociology and other disciplines interested in the cultural dimension of social science.

目次

• Introduction: culture and the postdisciplinary imperative. A genealogy of culture - from canonicity to classification
• culture and everyday life - the ordinary is extraordinary
• culture and structure - the logic of mediation
• culture and hegemony - towards the logic of articulation
• contested cultural spaces - identity, discourse and the body
• culture and the prospects for a postdisciplinary social science.

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詳細情報

• NII書誌ID(NCID): BA50346408
• ISBN:
  • 0335203191
  • 0335203183
• LCCN: 00037364
• 出版国コード: uk
• タイトル言語コード: eng
• 本文言語コード: eng
• 出版地: Buckingham
• ページ数/冊数: viii, 148 p.
• 大きさ: 23 cm
• 分類:
  • LCC : HM621
  • DC21 : 306
• 件名:
  • LCSH : Culture
• 親書誌ID:
  • BA0027664X