Ideology and modern culture critical social theory in the era of mass communication

In this major new work, Thompson develops an original account of ideology and relates it to the analysis of culture and mass communication in modern Societies. Thompson offers a concise and critical appraisal of major contributions to the theory of ideology, from Marx and Mannheim, to Horkheimer, Ad...

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Autor principal: Thompson, John B. (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, England ; Malden, Mass. : Polity Press 2007.
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  • Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Introduction; 1 The Concept of Ideology; Ideology and the Ideologues; Marx's Conceptions of Ideology; From Ideology to the Sociology of Knowledge; Rethinking Ideology: A Critical Conception; Reply to Some Possible Objections; 2 Ideology in Modern Societies; A Critical Analysis of Some Theoretical Accounts; Ideology and the Modern Era; Ideology and Social Reproduction; The Critique of the Culture Industry; The Transformation of the Public Sphere; 3 The Concept of Culture; Culture and Civilization; Anthropological Conceptions of Culture
  • Rethinking Culture: A Structural ConceptionThe Social Contextualization of Symbolic Forms; The Valorization of Symbolic Forms; 4 Cultural Transmission and Mass Communication; The Development of the Media Industries; Aspects of Cultural Transmission; Writing, Printing and the Rise of the Trade in News; The Development of Broadcasting; Recent Trends in the Media Industries; The Social Impact of New Communication Technologies; 5 Towards a Social Theory of Mass Communication; Some Characteristics of Mass Communication; Mass Communication and Social Interaction
  • Reconstituting the Boundaries between Public and Private LifeMass Communication between Market and State; Rethinking Ideology in the Era of Mass Communication; 6 The Methodology of Interpretation; Some Hermeneutical Conditions of Social-Historical Inquiry; The Methodological Framework of Depth Hermeneutics; The Interpretation of Ideology; Analysing Mass Communication: The Tripartite Approach; The Everyday Appropriation of Mass-Mediated Products; Interpretation, Self-Reflection and Critique; Conclusion: Critical Theory and Modern Societies; Notes; Index