New Cultures Emerge where Old Cultures Meet
Author : Müge Balta
Publisher :
Page : 30 pages
File Size : 37,89 MB
Release : 2008
Category :
ISBN : 9789283102274
Author : Müge Balta
Publisher :
Page : 30 pages
File Size : 37,89 MB
Release : 2008
Category :
ISBN : 9789283102274
Author : Henry Jenkins
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 10,57 MB
Release : 2008-09
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0814742955
“What the future fortunes of [Gramsci’s] writings will be, we cannot know. However, his permanence is already sufficiently sure, and justifies the historical study of his international reception. The present collection of studies is an indispensable foundation for this.” —Eric Hobsbawm, from the preface Antonio Gramsci is a giant of Marxian thought and one of the world's greatest cultural critics. Antonio A. Santucci is perhaps the world's preeminent Gramsci scholar. Monthly Review Press is proud to publish, for the first time in English, Santucci’s masterful intellectual biography of the great Sardinian scholar and revolutionary. Gramscian terms such as “civil society” and “hegemony” are much used in everyday political discourse. Santucci warns us, however, that these words have been appropriated by both radicals and conservatives for contemporary and often self-serving ends that often have nothing to do with Gramsci’s purposes in developing them. Rather what we must do, and what Santucci illustrates time and again in his dissection of Gramsci’s writings, is absorb Gramsci’s methods. These can be summed up as the suspicion of “grand explanatory schemes,” the unity of theory and practice, and a focus on the details of everyday life. With respect to the last of these, Joseph Buttigieg says in his Nota: “Gramsci did not set out to explain historical reality armed with some full-fledged concept, such as hegemony; rather, he examined the minutiae of concrete social, economic, cultural, and political relations as they are lived in by individuals in their specific historical circumstances and, gradually, he acquired an increasingly complex understanding of how hegemony operates in many diverse ways and under many aspects within the capillaries of society.” The rigor of Santucci’s examination of Gramsci’s life and work matches that of the seminal thought of the master himself. Readers will be enlightened and inspired by every page.
Author : Laurence J. Kirmayer
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 683 pages
File Size : 26,88 MB
Release : 2020-09-24
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 1108580572
Recent neuroscience research makes it clear that human biology is cultural biology - we develop and live our lives in socially constructed worlds that vary widely in their structure values, and institutions. This integrative volume brings together interdisciplinary perspectives from the human, social, and biological sciences to explore culture, mind, and brain interactions and their impact on personal and societal issues. Contributors provide a fresh look at emerging concepts, models, and applications of the co-constitution of culture, mind, and brain. Chapters survey the latest theoretical and methodological insights alongside the challenges in this area, and describe how these new ideas are being applied in the sciences, humanities, arts, mental health, and everyday life. Readers will gain new appreciation of the ways in which our unique biology and cultural diversity shape behavior and experience, and our ongoing adaptation to a constantly changing world.
Author : Jared Rubin
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 43,96 MB
Release : 2017-02-16
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 110703681X
This book seeks to explain the political and religious factors leading to the economic reversal of fortunes between Europe and the Middle East.
Author : Daniel T. Rodgers
Publisher : Publications in Partnership wi
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 16,78 MB
Release : 2014
Category : History
ISBN : 9780691159096
"Publication in partnership with the Shelby Cullom Davis Center at Princeton University."
Author : C. P. Snow
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 22,26 MB
Release : 2012-03-26
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1107606144
The importance of science and technology and future of education and research are just some of the subjects discussed here.
Author : Richard G. Klein
Publisher : Turner Publishing Company
Page : 331 pages
File Size : 32,85 MB
Release : 2007-08-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0470250712
A bold new theory on what sparked the "big bang" of human culture The abrupt emergence of human culture over a stunningly short period continues to be one of the great enigmas of human evolution. This compelling book introduces a bold new theory on this unsolved mystery. Author Richard Klein reexamines the archaeological evidence and brings in new discoveries in the study of the human brain. These studies detail the changes that enabled humans to think and behave in far more sophisticated ways than before, resulting in the incredibly rapid evolution of new skills. Richard Klein has been described as "the premier anthropologist in the country today" by Evolutionary Anthropology. Here, he and coauthor Blake Edgar shed new light on the full story of a truly fascinating period of evolution. Richard G. Klein, PhD (Palo Alto, CA), is a Professor of Anthropology at Stanford University. He is the author of the definitive academic book on the subject of the origins of human culture, The Human Career. Blake Edgar (San Francisco, CA) is the coauthor of the very successful From Lucy to Language, with Dr. Donald Johanson. He has written extensively for Discover, GEO, and numerous other magazines.
Author : Henry Jenkins
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 50,67 MB
Release : 2009-06-05
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 0262513625
Many teens today who use the Internet are actively involved in participatory cultures—joining online communities (Facebook, message boards, game clans), producing creative work in new forms (digital sampling, modding, fan videomaking, fan fiction), working in teams to complete tasks and develop new knowledge (as in Wikipedia), and shaping the flow of media (as in blogging or podcasting). A growing body of scholarship suggests potential benefits of these activities, including opportunities for peer-to-peer learning, development of skills useful in the modern workplace, and a more empowered conception of citizenship. Some argue that young people pick up these key skills and competencies on their own by interacting with popular culture; but the problems of unequal access, lack of media transparency, and the breakdown of traditional forms of socialization and professional training suggest a role for policy and pedagogical intervention. This report aims to shift the conversation about the "digital divide" from questions about access to technology to questions about access to opportunities for involvement in participatory culture and how to provide all young people with the chance to develop the cultural competencies and social skills needed. Fostering these skills, the authors argue, requires a systemic approach to media education; schools, afterschool programs, and parents all have distinctive roles to play. The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Reports on Digital Media and Learning
Author : Andrew Whiten
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 472 pages
File Size : 31,14 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 0199608962
Culture shapes vast swathes of our lives and has allowed the human species to dominate the planet in an evolutionarily unique way. This book is unique in focusing on the evolutionary continuities in culture, providing an interdisciplinary exploration of culture, written by leading authorities from the biological and cognitive sciences.
Author : Nathan J. Keirns
Publisher :
Page : 513 pages
File Size : 49,17 MB
Release : 2015-03-17
Category : Sociology
ISBN : 9781938168413
"This text is intended for a one-semester introductory course."--Page 1.