Culture and the State
1st Edition
Published on 25. November 1997
Book
Paperback/Softback
244 pages
978-0-415-91103-0 (ISBN)
Description
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.
Reviews / Votes
"...Lloyd and Thomas have achieved an original and valuable account of the ideological power of aesthetic discourse. This splendidly intelligent book will make necessary reading not just for Victorianists or Marxist theorists, but for anyone with any serious interest in cultural critique." -- Victorian Studies"Culture and the State is brilliant in its conception and absolutely needed in order to both hisoricize and problematize the relationship between culture and the state in light of the current debates... The authors do not merely add another theoretical wrinkle to the issue of the relationship among schook, culture, and the state, but offer a fresh, innovative, original, and much needed take on the subject." -- Henry A. Giroux, Editor of Education and Cultural Studies
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
402 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-415-91103-0 (9780415911030)
Copyright in bibliographic data and cover images is held by Nielsen Book Services Limited or by the publishers or by their respective licensors: all rights reserved.
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
David Lloyd | Paul Thomas
Culture and the State
E-Book
02/2014
1st Edition
Routledge
€36.99
Available for download
David Lloyd | Paul Thomas
Culture and the State
E-Book
02/2014
1st Edition
Routledge
€36.99
Available for download
David Lloyd | Paul Thomas
Culture and the State
Book
01/1998
1st Edition
Routledge
€119.20
Article exhausted; check different version
Persons
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.) DavidLloyd is Professor of English at the University of California, Berkeley.
Content
Introduction Culture and Society or Culture and the State?; Chapter 1 The Culture of the Spectacle; Chapter 2 Cultures of Representation; Chapter 3 Capitalism vs. the Democracy; Chapter 4 Facing the Ethical State; con The Future Imperfect; epi Raymond Williams and George Orwell;