[Critical Perspectives on Modern Culture 01] • Cultural Semantics · Keywords of Our Time

[Critical Perspectives on Modern Culture 01] • Cultural Semantics · Keywords of Our Time
Authors
Jay, Martin
Publisher
University of Massachusetts Press
Tags
sociology
ISBN
9781558491151
Date
1998-03-01T00:00:00+00:00
Size
0.59 MB
Lang
en
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This text investigates some of the central concepts by which we currently organize our thought and lives. It examines what words do and perform and the extent to which the language we use mediates and shapes our experience. The thinkers engaged include Bataille, Adorno, and Foucault.