"Culture" & the Problems of the Disciplines (Critical Theory Institute Book) - Hardcover

Rowe, John Carlos

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0231112424 ISBN 13: 9780231112420

Publisher: Columbia University Press, 1998

Synopsis

What is the university's role in the production of cultural ideals? This collection explores the role that scholars and universities play in shaping and defining culture, and how teaching and research institutions are changing in response to international movements and social forces. Investigating the way "high" culture (literature, liberal education) and popular culture (fashion, film) are dealt with in the classroom, these essays show that the "culture wars" of the 1980s and 90s are by no means over - they have simply warped into less visible struggles for control of educational, curricula, academic standards and pedagogical authority.

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Review

Several of our most prominent critics present an illuminating cross-section of the current ' dissensus on the shape of the postdisciplinary university, including the pros and cons of cultural studies as the new organizing principle of academic work.

About the Author

John Carlos Rowe is professor of English at the University of California, Irvine, where he is a founding member of the Critical Theory Institute.

Edition details

• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Publication date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0231112424
• ISBN 13: 9780231112420
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 244