1 Wolfgang Fritz Haug

The Cultural Distinction

Elements of a philosophy of the cultural
Argument Verlag 2011

Contents translated y !am "utin#a$ %ntroduction$ A preliminary inspection of the cultural field Chapter &ne Culture theories 'ithout a concept of culture
1( A first glance at current conceptions of culture 2( %s )culture* nothing ut a )discourse*+ ,( -he )cultural turn* as delin.ing from philosophy /( Culture discourses 00 et'een conceptual misery and forced compromise 1( -ransformations of the notion of culture in )postfordism*

Chapter -'o What is cultural a out culture

1( Culture as a )process that ta.es place o2ertop humanity* 3Freud4 2( Culture0category 2s( culture0concept ,( 5ourdieu6s analyse of cultural distanciation /( Attempt at a pra7is0philosophical ne' eginning 1( -he cultural distinction as a source form of culture 8( Am i2alence of the cultural 9( Valences of the eautiful :( E7cursus$ Hol ein6s 11,2 portrait The Merchant Georg Gisze

Chapter -hree ;aterial culture( An outline of the pro lem

1( -he historical0materialist challenge 2( Culture and cultures ,( -he materiality of culture /( E7ca2ational find and archaeological complement 1( & #ecti2e culture 8( Consumption culture of the commodity 'orld

Chapter Four !tandpoint and perspecti2e of a materialist theory of culture

1( )Culture is ho' humans li2e and 'or.* 2( -he <uestion of the specificity of the cultural ,( Attempt at a solution )from the perspecti2e of life purposes* /( %nstrumentalization of the anti0instrumental+ 1( &2erdetermination of the de ate y a loc.ed discussion of )real socialism* 1( -he <uestion of a )fulfilled life* through 'or. 8( E7cursus$ -he concept of culture in the =>? te7t oo. Historical Materialism 1@98

Chapter Fi2e -he cultural distinction

1( Which silence is eing tal.ed around+ 2( "o'er and mercy ,( ;ass culture /( Colum us6 paradise and its transformation 1( Europe and the )cultural e7ception* 8( -he cultural distinction

Chapter !i7 =ramscian politics of the cultural

1( !ilence on the 10th anni2ersary of =ramsci6s death 2( Ao admittance e7cept for translators ,( Societ civile and the <uestion of hegemony /( -he struggle for a ne' culture or mode of li2ing 1( "olitics of the cultural 8( CultureB the a7is people0intellectuals and the historic loc 9( Elements of the )intellectual situation of our time* :( Can =ramsci e translated in the post0communist situation+

Chapter !e2en Alienated agency

1( -he contemporary cult of fitness 2( !ocial0dar'inism C the paradigm of syphilis D racial hygiene ,( E2eryday self0psychiatrisation /( Fordist self0normalization and the fascist mo ilization of the su #ect 1( And 'hat of today+

Chapter Eight ?e2olt inside consumerism+ Fates of the cultural distinction

1( -he culture0effect of the commodity aesthetic 2( Contradictions of childdren6s consumerism ,( Eouth su cultures and the commodity aesthetic$ a pursuit /( )Ha2ing fun resisting*$ -he Willis Fads 1( After the fun$ -he end of re2olt in the frame'or. of domination 8( E7cursus 1$ "re2ailing cultureB 'or.ers6 counter0culture and style 9( E7cursus 2$ Willis6 )culture commodities* 3200:4 :( E7cursus ,$ Fis.e6s )cultural economy*B )popular culture* and )fan0culture*

Chapter Aine Geans cultureB orB -he tug0of0'ar et'een youth cultureB commodity aesthetics and ideology
1( Geans as the ourgeois )re2olutionary* moment in the li eration from Aazism 2( -heoretical intermezzo 2(1 Antagonisms in the realm of )2alues* 2(2 %deological 2ersus commodity aesthetic su #ect0effects ,( Aesthetics of the monopoly commodity$ -he case of #eans /( E7cursus$ Homicide in #eans 1( Compromise formations 3s'aying ac. and forth4 8( A "ara0ideological force

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9( A )frayed* history :( Epilogue$ Wrangler6s We-are-animals campaign

Appendi7 &n the discussion regarding 'or.ing class culture 31@994

1( -he distinction et'een a sociological and socialist notion of culture 2( -he distinction et'een )culture* and )ideology* ,( "reliminary theses

-he "eople6s Hni2ersity concept 31@:0020024

1( %ntroduction 2( Founding manifesto of the first West 5erlin "eople6s Hni2ersity 31@:04 ,( Fearning from history means learning ho' to li2e 31@:14 /( &n the programme of the third West 5erlin "eople6s Hni2ersity 31@:24 1( Foo.ing ac. at the pro lematic of a people6s uni2ersity( &n the programme of the first Ham urg "eople6s Hni2ersity 31@:,4 8( Foo. rightB turn leftI &n the si7th "eople6s Hni2ersity 31@:14 9( &n the dispute regarding the =Jttinger "eople6s Hni2ersity 31@:14 :( -he ne' "eople6s Hni2ersity 31@@04 @( =oing hay'ire in =ermany( &n the 1,th 5erlin "eople6s Hni2ersity 31@@24 10( -hat it goes on li.e thisB is the catastrophe( !(&(! ci2il society( &n the 1/th 5erlin "eople6s Hni2ersity 31@@,4 11( %n2itation to the 11th 5erlin "eople6s uni2ersity directed to the Feft 31@@/4 12( &n the opening of the )First Vol.7uni* of the -K ingen0?eutlingen social forum 320024

Addendum Ac.no'ledgements 5i liography Aame %nde7 !u #ect %nde7 Further pu lications y W(F( Haug