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IDEOLOGY AND MODERN CULTURE
CRITICAL SOCIAL THEORY IN THE ERA OF MASS COMMUNICATION |
| By: |
John B. Thompson |
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Hardback |
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| ISBN 10: |
0745600816 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780745600819 |
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| Publisher: |
POLITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
1 December, 1990 |
| Pages: |
376 |
| Description: |
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, Adorno and Habermas. |
| Synopsis: |
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, Adorno and Habermas. He argues that these thinkers -- and social and political theorists more generally -- have failed to deal adequately with the nature of mass communication and its role in the modern world. In order to overcome this deficiency, Thompson undertakes a wide--ranging analysis of the development of mass communication, outlining a distinctive social theory of the mass media and their impact. |
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UK |
| Imprint: |
Polity Press |
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