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- catalog abstract ""In contrast to other books on 'culture', this study does not provide a history of the concept, rather it proposes an analysis of what might be called the underlying grammar or 'logic' of the category. Ray argues that the disparate models, ideologies, and ethics that have been advanced in the name of culture - or in opposition to it - all derive from a fundamental shift in our ways of thinking about law, authority, and social life that occurred well before the advent of modernity." "This overview shows how the new logic formed in the collective imagination under pressure from discursive innovations in areas such as periodical journalism, the novel, educational theory, and the art museum. Blending close analysis of these mechanisms in eighteenth-century France into a broad historical and theoretical synthesis, Ray argues that the logic of culture, now as then, induces us to determine our proper place within the social hierarchy, consolidates belief in law through its critique, and inculcates norms through the organization of dissent."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12421556.
- catalog created "2001.".
- catalog date "2001".
- catalog date "2001.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2001.".
- catalog description ""In contrast to other books on 'culture', this study does not provide a history of the concept, rather it proposes an analysis of what might be called the underlying grammar or 'logic' of the category. Ray argues that the disparate models, ideologies, and ethics that have been advanced in the name of culture - or in opposition to it - all derive from a fundamental shift in our ways of thinking about law, authority, and social life that occurred well before the advent of modernity." "This overview shows how the new logic formed in the collective imagination under pressure from discursive innovations in areas such as periodical journalism, the novel, educational theory, and the art museum. Blending close analysis of these mechanisms in eighteenth-century France into a broad historical and theoretical synthesis, Ray argues that the logic of culture, now as then, induces us to determine our proper place within the social hierarchy, consolidates belief in law through its critique, and inculcates norms through the organization of dissent."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [193]-205) and index.".
- catalog description "Introduction: The Paradox of Culture 1 -- 1 The Roots of Cultural Logic 13 -- 2 Inventing Culture 34 -- 3 Instituting Culture 79 -- 4 Culture, Critique, and Community 145.".
- catalog extent "xii, 214 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0631213430 (hard : alk. paper)".
- catalog identifier "0631213449 (pbk. : alk. paper)".
- catalog isPartOf "New perspectives on the past (Basil Blackwell Publisher)".
- catalog isPartOf "New perspectives on the past".
- catalog issued "2001".
- catalog issued "2001.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Oxford ; Malden, Mass. : Blackwell,".
- catalog subject "306 21".
- catalog subject "Culture.".
- catalog subject "Group identity.".
- catalog subject "HM621 .R39 2001".
- catalog subject "History, Modern.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction: The Paradox of Culture 1 -- 1 The Roots of Cultural Logic 13 -- 2 Inventing Culture 34 -- 3 Instituting Culture 79 -- 4 Culture, Critique, and Community 145.".
- catalog title "The logic of culture : authority and identity in the modern era / William Ray.".
- catalog type "text".