Making Culture, Changing Society |
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| Author:
| Bennett, Tony |
| Series title: | Cresc Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-415-73849-1 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2013 |
| Publisher: | Routledge
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $68.95 |
Book Description:
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Making Culture, Changing Society proposes a challenging new account of the relations between culture and society, focused on how particular forms of cultural knowledge and expertise work on, order and transform society. Examining these forms of culture's action on the social as aspects of a historically distinctive ensemble of cultural institutions, it considers the diverse ways in which culture has been produced and mobilised as a resource for governing populations.
Making Culture, Changing Society proposes a challenging new account of the relations between culture and society, focused on how particular forms of cultural knowledge and expertise work on, order and transform society. Examining these forms of culture's action on the social as aspects of a historically distinctive ensemble of cultural institutions, it considers the diverse ways in which culture has been produced and mobilised as a resource for governing populations.