Concepts of Culture

Adam Muller is an associate professor of English at the University of Manitoba. His specializations include literary theory, analytic aesthetics, film theory and criticism, and cultural studies. Adam Muller is an associate professor of English at the University of Manitoba. His specializations include literary theory, analytic aesthetics, film theory and criticism, and cultural studies. Jacques Barzun is Professor Emeritus of History, Columbia University. Mette Hjort is Chair Professor and Head of the Department of Visual Studies at the Liberal Arts University of Hong Kong, Lingnan University.

• Acknowledgements Introduction: Unity in DiversityAdam Muller Writing for Culture: Why a Successful Concept Should Not Be DiscardedChristoph Brumann Culture and the Abstract LifeGeoffrey Hartmann The Tenth MuseJacques Barzun Between Conflict and Consensus: ReduxMette HjortCulture and/in GlobalizationImre Szeman Art, Culture, and IdentityDavid Novitz Aesthetics and CultureRobert Stecker Film CultureMartin Roberts Sport, Universals, and MulticulturalismJim Parry In Defense of Universal ValuesMartha Nussbaum Incommensurability Pragmatized Rhonda Martens and Carl Matheson BibliographyIndex