Roger Sandall

The Culture Cult

Designer Tribalism And Other Essays

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Produktbeschreibung

The Culture Cult is 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

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Dezember 2000
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 228mm x 150mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 299g
• ISBN-13: 9780813338637
• ISBN-10: 0813338638
• Artikelnr.: 22129056

Autorenporträt

Roger Sandall

Inhaltsangabe

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