Cultural Theory and the Problem of Modernity

Introduction ix 1 Theorising Culture: Marxism 1 Marx: Culture and Economic Production 3 Marxist Critiques of the Base-Superstructure Model 8 Gramsci: The Autonomy of Culture 13 2 Theorising Culture: Weber, Simmel and Social Action 22 Introduction 22 Rationality and the Sociology of Culture: Weber 23 Culture and the Principle of Autonomy 27 ................
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