| Culture and the State Contributor(s): Lloyd, David (Author), Thomas, Paul (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415911036 ISBN-13: 9780415911030 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $44.60 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 1997 Annotation: From the end of the eighteenth century to the late nineteenth century, a remarkable convergence takes place in Europe between theories of the modern state and theories of culture. "Culture and the State" explores that theoretical convergence in relation to the social functions of state and cultural institutions, showing how cultural education comes to play the role of forming citizens for the modern state. "Culture and the State" records the history of working class resistance to the emergence of state educational institutions and the gradual acceptance of state education by working class movements later in the century. Its conclusions critique the way in which materialistic thinking has largely taken the concept of culture for granted and failed to grasp its relation to the idea of the state. Rather than subscribe to the notion of culture as an autonomous domain, Lloyd and Thomas pursue its shifting involvement with state projects through the nineteenth century. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Sociology - General - Political Science - History | Europe - Great Britain - General |
| Dewey: 941.081 |
| LCCN: 97-29639 |
| Physical Information: 0.56" H x 5.98" W x 8.9" (0.70 lbs) 244 pages |
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| Publisher Description: From the end of the eighteenth century to the late nineteenth century, a remarkable convergence takes place in Europe between theories of the modern state and theories of culture. Culture and the State explores that theoretical convergence in relation to the social functions of state and cultural institutions, showing how cultural education comes to play the role of forming citizens for the modern state. It critiques the way in which materialistic thinking has largely taken the concept of culture for granted and failed to grasp its relation to the idea of the state. |