Culture and Politics
Class, Writing, Socialism
By Philip O'Brien, Raymond Williams | Publisher: Verso Books
About the book
Brand new collection of the essential essays from one of the founders of cultural studies, Raymond Williams
Raymond Williams was a pioneering scholar of cultural and society, and one of the outstanding intellectuals of the twentieth century. In this, a collection of difficult to find essays, some of which are published for the first time, Williams emerges as not only one of the great writers of materialist criticism, but also a thoroughly engaged political writer.
Published to coincide with the centenary of his birth and showing the full range of his work, from his early writings on the novel and society, to later work on ecosocialism and the politics of modernism, Politics and Culture shows Williams at both his most accessible and his most penetrating.An essential book for all those interested in the politics of culture in the twentieth century, and the development of Williams's work.
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- ISBN 9781788738675
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Brand new collection of the essential essays from one of the founders of cultural studies, Raymond Williams
Raymond Williams was a pioneering scholar of cultural and society, and one of the outstanding intellectuals of the twentieth century. In this, a collection of difficult to find essays, some of which are published for the first time, Williams emerges as not only one of the great writers of materialist criticism, but also a thoroughly engaged political writer.
Published to coincide with the centenary of his birth and showing the full range of his work, from his early writings on the novel and society, to later work on ecosocialism and the politics of modernism, Politics and Culture shows Williams at both his most accessible and his most penetrating.An essential book for all those interested in the politics of culture in the twentieth century, and the development of Williams's work.
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Brand new collection of the essential essays from one of the founders of cultural studies, Raymond Williams
Raymond Williams was a pioneering scholar of cultural and society, and one of the outstanding intellectuals of the twentieth century. In this, a collection of difficult to find essays, some of which are published for the first time, Williams emerges as not only one of the great writers of materialist criticism, but also a thoroughly engaged political writer.
Published to coincide with the centenary of his birth and showing the full range of his work, from his early writings on the novel and society, to later work on ecosocialism and the politics of modernism, Politics and Culture shows Williams at both his most accessible and his most penetrating.An essential book for all those interested in the politics of culture in the twentieth century, and the development of Williams's work.
What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in Culture and Politics?
Society and Social Sciences > Politics and government > Political science and theory
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Who is/are the Author/s of the book Culture and Politics?
Philip O'Brien, Raymond Williams
Who is the Publisher of the book Culture and Politics?
Verso Books
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Culture and Politics is available as paperback(ISBN 9781788738637) and ebook(ISBN 9781788738675)
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