Author:Marika Asatiani

Page number, Format:86, A4

Financing:The book is prepared and published by the Center for Social Sciences, with the financial support of OSI – Zug Foundation, Higher Education Support Program (HESP) of Open Society Institute in Budapest

© Center for Social Sciences, 2006

Short description:Definition of the notion of culture and main approaches towards culture are represented in this book. Besides, the author discusses broad range of concepts, in particular: language and representation; representation and meaning, new concepts of authority, production and extension of televisual message, representation and media-fiction, culture of women and men, psychoanalysis and subject, phenomena of being spectator, Ronald Bart: myths and signs, ideology, subculture/style, historic context of modern society; postmodern society, society and individual, latest modern society; generative politics; time, space and architecture.