EXPLORING ‘CULTURE PERSPECTIVE’: BIRMINGHAM CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY CULTURAL STUDIES

Year 2011, Volume: 6 Issue: 1, 178 - 188, 25.07.2014

Fahrettin Altun

Abstract

Bu makale, on dokuzuncu yüzyılda kurumsallaşmaya başlayan sosyal bilim disiplinlerinin görmezden geldiği varsayılan alanları “kültür”ü merkeze alarak incelemeyi hedefleyen ve bugün bünyesinde farklı araştırma geleneklerini bardındırmaya başlayan “Kültürel Çalışmalar” alanının entellektüel kaynaklarına yönelik metateorik bir sorgulama girişiminin ürünüdür. Bu çerçevede makale, Kültürel Çalışmalar alanına önemli katkılarda bulunan Birmingham Çağdaş Kültürel Çalışmalar Merkezi'ni ve onun temsil ettiği “kültür perspektifi”ni irdelemekte, İngiliz Kültürel Çalışmalar geleneği olarak bilinen yaklaşım içerisinde söz konusu Merkez'in rolünü, bu merkezin “Batı Marksizmi” ile ilişkisini ele almakta ve böylelikle entellektüel bir hareketin politik kaynakları ile olan ilişkisinin tarihsel ve toplumsal koşullarını tartışmaya açmaktadır.

Keywords

Kültürel Çalışmalar, Kültür Perspektifi, Birmingham Çağdaş Kültürel Araştırmalar Merkezi, Batı Marksizmi, Yeni Sol

EXPLORING ‘CULTURE PERSPECTIVE’: BIRMINGHAM CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY CULTURAL STUDIES

Abstract

This article is a product of a metatheoretical questioning about intellectual origins of “Cultural Studies” aiming to explore some neglected areas by classical th th social science disciplines of 19 century over “culture” in the 20 . The article deals with the 'culture perspective' that is represented in the body of Birmingham Center for Contemporary Cultural Studies which is one of the most influential intellectual traditions in the area of Cultural Studies, its relations with the Western Marxism, its role and position within the tradition of English Cultural Studies, and political demands and motivations behind an intellectual movement under certain historical and social conditions. 

Keywords

Cultural Studies, Culture perspective, Birmingham Center for Contemporary Cultural Studies, Western Marxism, New Left

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