Theory and History of Culture
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In this chapter I try to provide a systematic overview of various aspects of cultural theories – as they have developed in different disciplines and cultures. A variety of cultural theories have dealt with the phenomenon of culture from different epistemological and historical perspectives. The article discusses definitions of concepts of culture in a comparative analysis, as they have developed in different disciplines, in the context of divergent cultural theories.
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