Culture

<strong>Culture</strong> is a concept that has remained on the top of the agenda within thesocial sciences for two decades. It incites controversy and debate an... » 

Culture is a concept that has remained on the top of the agenda within thesocial sciences for two decades. It incites controversy and debate and alwaysappears fresh. This book updated throughout and with new sections on visualculture urban culture and subcultures argues that to understand the conceptwe need to locate it within traditions of thought and appreciate its politicaland ideological bases. The book looks at the concept of culture in the contextof idealism and materialism examining its relation to the notion of socialstructure and assessing its once assumed monopoly within literary study.Culture remains stimulating throughout. A standard reference text for studentson sociology and cultural studies courses this second concise and studentfriendly edition offers an overview over the sociology of culture in anaccessible format. «