文化公民身份-世界性的问题

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《文化公民身份:世界性的问题》：未名社科·媒介与社会丛书(影印版)

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为什么“文化”成为政治争论的核心？
　　在信息时代，我们应该如何重新思考公民身份的问题？
　　什么是世界主义？它会成为未来的基本典范吗？ 　
　　本书将身份、个性化、文化多元主义与调解纳入文化政治学的研究范畴，从政治学理论、文化研究和社会学的争论中借鉴经验，集中讨论了如下问题：
　　·全球化引致的公民身份重塑
　　·新社会运动
　　·民族-国家的衰落
　　·流行文化的冲击
　　史蒂文森认为，世界主义的问题越来越有可能出现在这些领域。无论我们在讨论环境破坏，还是文化政策、城市、消费者文化的议题，这些问题都可能与世界主义的维度有关。权利、义务和文化方面的议题如今都已成为我们思考这个世界的中心内容。这本原创性的著作提请我们重新思考什么样的政治和人格才是适应信息时代的。

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作者简介

尼克·史蒂文森(Nick Stevenson)英国诺丁汉大学社会学与社会政策学院高级讲师，著有《文化、意识形态和社会主义》(1995)、《媒介的转型》(1999)、《文化与公民身份》(2001)、《读懂男性杂志》(与彼得·杰克逊和凯特·布鲁克斯合著)(2001)、《理解媒介文化》(2002)等著作。