Concepts of culture
By: edited by Hans Adler & Jost Hermand.
Contributors: Adler, Hans.; Hermand, Jost.; Wisconsin Workshop (29th : 1997 : Madison, Wis.)
Series: German life and civilization ;; v. 28
Publisher: P. Lang; Lang AG International Academic Publishers, Peter
Published: 1999
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 211
Subjects: German philology -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- Congresses.; Europe, German-speaking -- Civilization -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- Congresses.
Genres: Congresses.
Description: This volume contains the contributions to the Twenty-Ninth Wisconsin Workshop on "Concepts of Culture." Culture studies in the United States have arrived at a turning point. There is a clear orientation toward solidification on the one hand and to self-clarification on the other.

Throughout the exciting debates at the Workshop it became clear that culture studies cannot be reduced to a quest for identity or an inconceivable "Other." It has also become clear, however, that declarations of the end of the "revolution," in order to do (new) business as usual, do not hit the mark either. In nine essays, German studies scholars help to show the state of the discipline and its problematic ambitions.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Papers presented at the 29th Wisconsin Workshop held Nov. 14-16, 1997, in Madison, Wis.