Books on Cultural Theory revolve round the various cultures of human life, categorized and analyzed in a scientific manner.
Culture occupies an important position in the life of human beings.
Culture theory refers to a branch of anthropology and other related disciplines of social science for example Sociology that includes a common set of rules that define culture in ‘operational' and ‘scientific' terms. It developed in the 20 th century as a result of the attempt of anthropologists who began to theorize culture to give it a scientific significance. The anthropologist wanted to define culture as any other branch of science. Cultural Theory has its stem in the excellent work of an anthropologist, Mary Douglas. Several Books have been written on Cultural Theory by different Cultural theorists such as Theodor Adorney.
Several Books on Cultural Theory have been published over the years. Some of the Important Books on Cultural Theory are as follows:
• Cultural Theory: An Introduction By Philip Smith
• Changing Conversations: Cultural Analysis and Religious Reflection by Dwight N. Hopkins, Sheila Greeve Davaney
• British Cultural Studies: An Introduction by Graeme Turner
• Key Concepts in Cultural Theory by Peter R. Sedgwick, Andrew Edgar
• Cultural Studies and Beyond: Fragments of Empire by Ioan Davies
• Rethinking Architecture: Reader in Cultural Theory by Neil Leach
• A Glossary of Cultural Theory by Peter.Brooker
“Contemporary Cultural Theory” by Andrew Milner, “Theorizing Religion” by James A .Beckford and John Wallis and “Dialogues on Cultural Studies” by Wang, Fengzhen and Shaobo Xie are some of the popular contemporary books on Cultural theory.
Books on Cultural Theory attempt to classify scientifically the various cultures in human life and are popular because of their calculative and analytical nature.
