Reviews for Culture

The average rating for Culture based on 2 reviews is 2.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2016-06-14 00:00:00 Tyler Tolson I was assigned this book for my state exam and without a doubt, it was one of the poorest books I have ever read (not only one of the worst "scholarly" publications). It is disorganized, mentions plethora of irrelevant theories and sociologically manipulates them into something they are not meant to be, searches for meaning where is none and as a bonus, virtually no examples are given. I wish I could have given this 0/5, but sadly - I can't. Neverthless, if there had ever existed "clerisy" (Coleridge's idea Jenks mentions), they would have banned this immediately. Wait, and did I mention that the book simply cannot be read in one piece - you often need to take some time off to get a couple shots to calm yourself down. Never, ever read this voluntarily - I beg you!

Review # 2 was written on 2016-01-28 00:00:00 Thomas Hedley Does anyone know what culture really is? This was an interesting book, definitely not a waste of time. I have been reading about culture the past few weeks, and I have not found a satisfactory introduction to it. (I doubt that there is such thing) I have mostly encountered different perspectives of what culture might be, theoretically speaking. But what is interesting about this book is that it does not only say what this or that philosopher/critic/scholar suggest; rather, it forms a coherence and continuation between theories of culture, and it offers different views on culture (philosophical, anthropological, structuralist, poststructuralist, and so on). It is not tedious to read. I enjoyed how the author rationalizes culture, and this gave me the opportunity to want to read more about culture (at first, culture as a concept seemed confusing and hateful to me).