10.17192/meta.2017.7.5134 Fernández Castro, Johanna Johanna Fernández Castro Stuart Hall: An Organic Intellectual Middle East - Topics + Arguments : Vol 7 (2017) Philipps-Universität Marburg 2017 Neoliberalism Cultural Studies Race Ethnicity Organic Intellectual Center for Near and Middle Eastern Studies (CNMS) 2018-01-31 2017-01-27 en JournalArticle https://journals.uni-marburg.de/0003/2017/179/5134 urn:nbn:de:hebis:04-0003-2017-179-51345 https://doi.org/10.17192/meta.2017.7.179 https://journals.uni-marburg.de/0003/2017/179/5134/5134.png 2196-629X application/pdf Stuart Hall (3 February 1932 – 10 February 2014) is acknowledged as one of the founding figures of British Cultural Studies. His extensive academic work on topics such as race, ethnicity and identity reflects his own position as a diasporic intellectual. His contribution to the study of popular culture is determined by the importance of his political character in every social act, his non-deterministic view of Marxism, and is especially determined by his insistence on playing an active role beyond academia in order to contribute to the transformation of hegemonic structures. The following biography aims to give a focused view of his personal history and its direct influence on his key theoretical reflections. 2196-629X Middle East - Topics + Arguments Vol 7 (2017)