Does cultural studies have futures? Should it? (Or what's the matter with New York?) Cultural studies, contexts and conjunctures
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https://doi.org/10.63939/JIES.2026-Vol8.N21.5Keywords:
Cultural Studies, Context, Conjuncture, ModernityAbstract
This paper examines the state of cultural studies, primarily in the United States and Northern Europe. Arguing for a radically contextualist and conjuncturalist understanding of the project of cultural studies, it suggests that cultural studies
emerged in particular forms as a response to a particular geo-historical conjuncture. However, while the conjuncture has changed significantly, these older forms of cultural studies have congealed into a ‘‘center’’ that has limited its ability to contribute to a better understanding of ‘‘what’s going on,’’ of the possible future and the realities and possibilities of both domination and contestation. The paper suggests an understanding of the present conjuncture as a struggle, from both the right and the left, against liberal modernity and the attempt to shape an alternative modernity as the future. It suggests some of the ways cultural studies might have to rethink itself if it is to respond to this conjuncture.
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Abdelbassat Mounadi Idrissi, University Ibn Toufail, Kenitra. Morocco
Abdelbassat Mounadi Idrissi is a professor and researcher who holds a PhD in English Literature from Ibn Tofail University in Kenitra, Morocco. He has published several translations from English into Arabic, as well as articles in English on Orientalism, postcolonialism, and education. He has also written journalistic articles on various intellectual and social issues.
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Rabie Elgorie, Mohammed V University, Rabat, Morocco
Rabie Elgorie is an academic researcher and upper-secondary school teacher. He holds a PhD in Contemporary Islamic Thought from Mohammed V University in Rabat. His interests include Islamic thought, education, media, and discourse analysis. He also has experience in teaching, educational administration, and journalism. He has published several books and studies, including Doctrinal Sects in the Far Maghreb up to the Almohad State and Education and the Challenges of Contemporary Media and Its Platforms.
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