6 thinkers, books, and ideas connected to this field.
British-American political scientist who wrote Imagined Communities — the most influential account of nationalism — arguing that nations are imagined communities made possible by print capitalism.
American cultural anthropologist who developed interpretive anthropology — arguing that culture should be read as a text and that the goal of anthropology is thick description: rich contextual interpretation.
American scholar who has worked on Italian cultural theory and contributed to the reception of Giorgio Agamben in the anglophone world.
Canadian literary critic who developed a systematic archetypal criticism in Anatomy of Criticism, arguing that all literature derives from a small set of archetypal narrative patterns ultimately rooted in seasonal myth.
Welsh cultural theorist and critic who developed cultural materialism — a Marxist account of culture that takes cultural practices as materially embedded rather than as superstructural reflections.
Slovenian philosopher who combines Hegelian dialectics, Lacanian psychoanalysis, and Marxist ideology critique to produce a hyper-prolific and deliberately provocative commentary on everything.