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The Culture Cult
Designer Tribalism And Other Essays
Taschenbuch von Roger Sandall
Sprache: Englisch

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The Culture Cultis an acerbic critique of that longing widespread in society today to ?retreat from civilization.? From Rousseau and the Noble Savage to modern defenders of ethnicity such as Isaiah Berlin and Karl Polanyi, a prominent intellectual tradition has over-romanticized the virtues of tribal life. In contrast, another tradition, represented by Karl Popper, Michael Polanyi, and Ernest Gellner, defends modern values and civil society. The Culture Cult discusses both sides of this divide between "culture" and "civilization," and between "closed" and "open" societies. The romantic insistence on the superiority of the primitive is increasingly grounded in a fictionalized picture of the past-a picture often created with the aid of well-meaning but misguided anthropologists. Such idealizations work to the detriment of the very people they are meant to help, for they isolate minorities from such undeniable benefits of modern society as literacy and health care, and discourage them from participating in modern life. Few will find comfort in The Culture Cult, but many will recognize a valuable criticism of currently popular social politics.
The Culture Cultis an acerbic critique of that longing widespread in society today to ?retreat from civilization.? From Rousseau and the Noble Savage to modern defenders of ethnicity such as Isaiah Berlin and Karl Polanyi, a prominent intellectual tradition has over-romanticized the virtues of tribal life. In contrast, another tradition, represented by Karl Popper, Michael Polanyi, and Ernest Gellner, defends modern values and civil society. The Culture Cult discusses both sides of this divide between "culture" and "civilization," and between "closed" and "open" societies. The romantic insistence on the superiority of the primitive is increasingly grounded in a fictionalized picture of the past-a picture often created with the aid of well-meaning but misguided anthropologists. Such idealizations work to the detriment of the very people they are meant to help, for they isolate minorities from such undeniable benefits of modern society as literacy and health care, and discourage them from participating in modern life. Few will find comfort in The Culture Cult, but many will recognize a valuable criticism of currently popular social politics.
Über den Autor
Roger Sandall
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introduction , Romantic Primitivism , The New Stone Age , Designer Tribalism , Enter the Noble Savage , The Triumph of the Litterateur , Academic Primitivism , What Karl Polanyi Found in Dahomey , The Book of Isaiah , Karl Popper in New Zealand , Civilization and Its Malcontents , Why Cultures Succeed or Fail , Civilization and Its Malcontents , The Four Stages of Noble Savagery
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2000
Fachbereich: Allgemeines
Genre: Importe
Rubrik: Sozialwissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Einband - flex.(Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780813338637
ISBN-10: 0813338638
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Sandall, Roger
Hersteller: Routledge
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 229 x 152 x 12 mm
Von/Mit: Roger Sandall
Erscheinungsdatum: 08.12.2000
Gewicht: 0,337 kg
Artikel-ID: 128441861
Über den Autor
Roger Sandall
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introduction , Romantic Primitivism , The New Stone Age , Designer Tribalism , Enter the Noble Savage , The Triumph of the Litterateur , Academic Primitivism , What Karl Polanyi Found in Dahomey , The Book of Isaiah , Karl Popper in New Zealand , Civilization and Its Malcontents , Why Cultures Succeed or Fail , Civilization and Its Malcontents , The Four Stages of Noble Savagery
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2000
Fachbereich: Allgemeines
Genre: Importe
Rubrik: Sozialwissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Einband - flex.(Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780813338637
ISBN-10: 0813338638
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Sandall, Roger
Hersteller: Routledge
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 229 x 152 x 12 mm
Von/Mit: Roger Sandall
Erscheinungsdatum: 08.12.2000
Gewicht: 0,337 kg
Artikel-ID: 128441861
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