Raymond Williams now : knowledge, limits and the future ; [from a conference held at the University of Glamorgan in May 1995

The work of Raymond Williams continues to exercise a powerful hold over the minds of contemporary cultural analysts and social commentators. This collection responds to the challenge of Williams's thinking in discussions of topics of current interest and concern. The essays embrace a widely-divergent field of enquiry, from the study of language, dramaturgical theory, the theory of human needs and approaches to sociology, cultural studies and television, to issues of history, temporality and the future in relation to modernity and the postmodern. Acknowledgements -- Notes On The Contributors -- Introduction: 'somebody Is Trying To Think.' -- 1. Keywords, Ideology And Critical Theory -- 2. Ways Of Knowing Cultures: Williams And Bourdieu -- 3. 'a Slow Reach Again For Control': Raymond Williams And The Vicissitudes Of Cultural Policy -- 4. Drama In A Dramaturgical Society -- 5. Rethinking Human Nature And Human Needs: Raymond Williams And Mass Communications -- 6. Raymond Williams And The Culture Of Televisual Flow -- 7. Against The New Conformists: Williams, Jameson And The Challenge Of Postmodernity -- 8. Raymond Williams's Time -- Index. Edited By Jeff Wallace, Rod Jones, And Sophie Nield. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.