Sentences with phrase «context of a capitalist society»

Walter Benjamin's 1936 essay explains art in the context of a capitalist society, using Marxist theory to argue for an understanding of «authenticity» and «aura» that is context - specific.

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Working outside the context of contemporary society and the capitalist market - based culture of today, Sensebe's show is an exploration of the term «pure art».

Law school does not prepare practitioners to practice, and lacks intellectual rigor (it's remarkable that a discipline founded on the interpretation of texts pays virtually no formal attention to hermeneutics and only outsiders like Stanley Fish, with his background as an English professor, ever write about «theory»; few law schools offer any courses providing any historical or sociological context for the evolving role of common law in capitalist society).