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Champions of cultural studies should not make claims on its behalf that cannot be substantiated. It does not give meaning and direction to those who follow or use it. Cultural studies is not an ideology. It is not a religion. ..\!!.: ~~~:~~:,ti is help us to understand the mechanisms of cultural power and find ways and means to resist them. That's all. 170

As a discipline, . . ,if < cultural studies is ,~· • ~- : ,_ ·':-. .'-;,.i" in danger of losing . 1 ~· . .""'~' ;.;:::; • . . its ~ -~~·:'_,,·· ·v ~~ .. - · It could simply .• • · : .·.. • dissolve into ·. ·• · · · ·· · • .. another discipline like sociology, anthropology or psychology. That would be a great shame. However, as a collective term for a number of diverse and often contentious intellectual endeavours that expose power in all its ubiquitous forms, cultural studies has a great future. As a dissenting movement, cultural studies can remain open to unexpected, unimagined, uninvited possibilities especially those that come from outside the West. of genuine dissent, in all its forms, can cultural studies fulfil its

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Champions of cultural studies should not make claims on its behalf that cannot be substantiated.

It does not give meaning and direction to those who follow or use it.

Cultural studies is not an ideology. It is not a religion.

..\!!.:

~~~:~~:,ti is help us to understand the mechanisms of cultural power and find ways and means to resist them.

That's all.

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