Culture as a concept resists single definition and functions as convergent interests

Evidence

The fact is that no single, unproblematic definition of “culture” is to be found here. The concept remains a complex one—a site of convergent interests, rather than a logically or conceptually clarified idea. This “richness” is an area of continuing tension and difficulty in the field. — Hall, Stuart, Essential Essays, Volume 1, 183

Categorization

• DEFINE: Establishes that ‘culture’ is deliberately a site of convergent interests rather than a clarified concept in the Culture and Society tradition.
• XREF: connects to: Culture resists a single agreed definition despite many competing usages — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 1171; Cultural meanings emerge from convergences of multiple productions, not single sources — Evelyn Alsultany, Arabs and Muslims in the Media: Race…, 1154
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Culture resists a single agreed definition despite many competing usages — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 1171; Cultural meanings emerge from convergences of multiple productions, not single sources — Evelyn Alsultany, Arabs and Muslims in the Media: Race…, 1154

Broader Connections

• Culture resists a single agreed definition despite many competing usages #corroborates (0.97) — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 1171