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  • The rhetorical dynamics of culture : an interdisciplinary approach to a synthesis between rhetoric and culture

    Creator:
    Tobey, Toni K.
    Abstract:
    The frame of reference for understanding the rhetorical significance of cultural acts lies in the identification and explication of the diversity of theories which encompass sociological and anthropological definitions of culture. The paradigms presented in this thesis range from unilinear evolution, biological and environmental determinism, materialism, historical ethnology and reductionism...
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    Masters Thesis
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    the 4 development of a philosophy of culture. The complexity of ideas and exploration of a wide

  • Coolhunting : the commodification of creative expression and the alienation of youth

    Creator:
    Fillmore, Mark W.
    Abstract:
    In this thesis, I argue that the cooptation and commodification of young peoples’ creative expressions of individuality through the practice of “coolhunting” causes alienation within said young people and is, therefore, unethical. I support this claim by using Marxist theory of the Frankfort Institute, viz., Max Horkheimer and Theodor W....
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    Masters Thesis
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    history of the concept of the self within Western philosophy, culture, and society. In demonstrating