Defending Culture

1. Introduction: Which Culture?
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Part I. Towards Culture: Concepts

2. The Ontological Concept of Culture as Cultivation
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3. The Anthropological Concept of Culture as Life Form
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4. The Aesthetic Concept of Culture as Art
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5. The Hermeneutic Concept of Culture as Meaning Making
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Part II. Against Culture: Contestations

6. Interpretation
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7. Things
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8. Media
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Part III. Rethinking Culture: Considerations

9. Culture Returns
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10. Further Tasks
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11. Conclusion: Cultural Crosscurrents
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Avainsanat: Cultural and Media Studies, Cultural Theory, Global/International Culture, Cultural Anthropology, Cultural Policy and Politics, Sociology of Culture