From the publisher. [ The present edition is an attempt to outline the boundaries of cultural studies as an integrative field of knowledge, which has as its subject the historical forms of social existence; the main focus is on the problems of the formation of cultural studies in the 20th century.. [ ] The publication includes articles that give an idea of the main directions, schools, cognitive categories and concepts of cultural studies, as well as about the largest thinkers of the 20th century, who laid the foundations of this science .. The staff articles focus on the concepts and ideas of culture, key issues of cultural studies. The problematic articles present a range of different points of view, reflect the author's concept, and identify difficulties associated with the formation of cultural studies in the 20th century. The work on defining the subject field of cultural studies will be continued in a multi-volume encyclopedia covering a more extensive period. Culture . 20th century. Volume 2. M - I