{"product_id":"the-logic-of-culture-9780631213444","title":"The Logic of Culture","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis work offers an analysis of the underlying grammar or logic of culture. Ray argues that the disparate models, ideologies, and ethics that have been advanced in the name of culture derive from a shift in our ways of thinking that occurred before the advent of modernity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This densely and incisively written book provides a compelling theoretical framework for the understanding of the \"logic\" of culture in modern times. From the rhetoric of the French Revolution to contemporary museum displays, from Schiller's aesthetics to concepts broached by Matthew Arnold, Foucault and Bourdieu, Ray engages a variety of periods, genres, issues, and regimes of thought with mastery and elegance. A major accomplishment and a fascinating read!\" Bernadette Fort, Northwestern University and Editor of \u003ci\u003eEighteenth-Century Studies\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"A tightly argued and coherent account of the conflicting impulses within culture, Ray's study will take its rightful place among the best recent work on the intricacies of culture.\" John C. O'Neal, Hamilton College\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSeries Editor's Preface. \u003cp\u003ePreface.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: The Paradox of Culture.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. The Roots of Cultural Logic.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Inventing Culture.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Instituting Culture.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Culture, Critique and Community.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49403425227095,"sku":"9780631213444","price":37.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780631213444.jpg?v=1730483433","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-logic-of-culture-9780631213444","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}