{"product_id":"culture-and-materialism-9781788738606","title":"Culture and Materialism","description":"\u003cb\u003eA comprehensive introduction to the work of one of the outstanding intellectuals of the twentieth century.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRaymond Williams is a towering presence in cultural studies, most importantly as the founder of the apporach that has come to be known as \"cultural materialism.\" Yet Williams's method was always open-ended and fluid, and this volume collects together his most significant work from over a twenty-year peiod in which he wrestled with the concepts of materialism and culture and their interrelationship. Aside from his more directly theoretical texts, however, case-studies of theatrical naturalism, the Bloomsbury group, advertising, science fiction, and the Welsh novel are also included as illustrations of the method at work. Finally, Williams's identity as an active socialist, rather than simply an academic, is captured by two unambiguously political pieces on the past, present and future of Marxism.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Verso\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/13\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781788738606\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.70h x 5.00w x 0.90d","brand":"Raymond Williams","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36669037772956,"sku":"9781788738606","price":16.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_1a89c724-f654-4043-8ad6-a7f54ac5e39c.jpg?v=1603919056","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/culture-and-materialism-9781788738606","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}