Culture and the State [Paperback]

From the end of the eighteenth century to the late nineteenth century, a remarkable convergence takes place in Europe between theories of the modern state and theories of culture. Culture and the Stateexplores that theoretical convergence in relation to the social functions of state and cultural institutions, showing how cultural education comes to play the role of forming citizens for the modern state. It critiques the way in which materialistic thinking has largely taken the concept of culture for granted and failed to grasp its relation to the idea of the state.Paul Thomasis Professor of Political Science, specializing in political theory, University of California, Bekeley. He is the Author of Alien Politics:Marxist State Theory Retrieved (Routledge, 1994.) DavidLloydis Professor of English at the University of California, Berkeley.