| Description |
xiii, 146 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
1. Philosophy in cultural theory -- 2. Sign and image -- 3. Modernism as translation -- 4. Remember the future? The Communist Manifesto as cultural-historical form -- 5. Time and the artwork -- 6. Conceptual art and/as philosophy -- 7. Dialogue with psychoanalysis |
| Summary |
"Philosophy in Cultural Theory offers a philosophical critique of cultural theory today. Peter Osborne makes critical interventions into the central philosophical debates motivating contemporary cultural analyses: interdisciplinarity and the status of pragmatism; the relationship between sign and image; the technological basis of cultural form; the theoretical importance of translation; the temporality and politics of modernism; the conceptuality of art; and the place of fantasy in human affairs. Drawing on the legacy of Walter Benjamin and the Communist Manifesto, he establishes a new transdisciplinary perspective on the experience of modernity as cultural-historical form." "Philosophy in Cultural Theory will appeal to all students of philosophy, cultural studies and art theory, and to readers interested in the shifting role of interdisciplinary studies."--BOOK JACKET |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Culture -- Philosophy.
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| LC no. |
00055315 |
| ISBN |
0415238013 |
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0415238021 paperback |
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