Naslov
Conceptual and definitional polysemy of the term of culture in contemporary social sciences

Autori
Jeknić, Ranka

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni

Izvornik
Second International Scientific Conference: Social change in the global world, Book of Abstracts, / Goce Delcev University in Shtip, Faculty of Law, Center for Legal and Political Research, Shtip, Macedonia ; State University of Voronezh, Faculty of Law, Voronezh, Russia ; University of Liege, Faculty of Law, Political Science and Criminology, Liege, Belgium ; - Štip : Goce Delcev University in Shtip, Faculty of Law, Center for Legal and Political Research, Shtip, Macedonia, 2015

ISBN
978-608-244-229-7

Skup
Second International Scientific Conference: Social change in the global world

Mjesto i datum
Štip, Sjeverna Makedonija, 03.09.2015. - 05.09.2015

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Ostalo

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
Culture; globalization; postmodern theoretical turn.

Sažetak
The aim of this paper is to present and analyse the conceptual and definitional polysemy of the scientific term of culture, as well as to emphasize some of the contemporary sociological and interdisciplinary concepts, theories and understandings of culture. That is an important topic in social sciences, actualized by contemporary theories of globalization, glocalization and discussions about global culture, contemporary transnational anthropological approaches to culture, sociological theories of modernity and modernization, “post-colonial discourse”, “strong program” in cultural sociology, contemporary postmodern theoretical turns such as “cultural turn”, “spatial turn”, “complexity turn” etc. In this regard, various new scientific and theoretical concepts, notions and understandings of culture in the “global age“ are developing. To all of them, the abandonment of the traditional definition of culture as a unique, homogeneous, closed, static, territorialized, national etc. is in common, and the emphasis is now on the understanding of culture as a diverse, hybrid, heterogeneous, open, fluid, dynamic, deterritorialized, transnational etc. However, in contemporary debates about multiculturalism, identity politics, politicization of culture, cultural rights, etc., it remains unclear, and it is still an open question in what way the term of culture is defined, or whether the traditional concept of culture is used, or culture is understood in a new way, which again updates its conceptual and definitional polysemy. In that sense, this paper points out the importance of defining the term of culture and the need to explain different usages and concepts of culture in contemporary social sciences.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Sociologija

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