{"product_id":"culture-metaculture","title":"Culture\/Metaculture","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCulture\/Metaculture\u003c\/em\u003e is a stimulating introduction to the meanings of ''culture'' in contemporary Western society. This essential survey examines:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e* culture as an antidote to ''mass'' modernity, in the work of Thomas Mann, Julien Benda, José Ortega y Gasset, Karl Mannheim and F. R. Leavis\u003cbr\u003e* changing views of the term in the work of Sigmund Freud, Virginia Woolf, George Orwell, T. S. Eliot and Richard Hoggart\u003cbr\u003e* post-war theories of ''popular'' culture and the rise of Cultural Studies, paying particular attention to the key figures of Raymond Williams and Stuart Hall\u003cbr\u003e* theories of ''metaculture'', or the ways in which culture, however defined, speaks of itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrancis Mulhern''s interdisciplinary approach allows him to draw out the fascinating links between key political issues and the changing definitions of culture. The result is an unrivalled introduction to a concept at the heart of contemporary critical thought.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57466753646965,"sku":"9780415102292","price":103.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780415102292.jpg?v=1785654814","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/culture-metaculture","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}