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This article examines the reconfigurations of British anarchist politics and culture, focusing on the reception of William Godwin by three influential anarchist writers and activists: George Woodcock, Colin Ward, and Albert Meltzer. It argues that mobilizing Godwin was an important part of their efforts to define, and then defend, a particular version of anarchist intellectual culture in Britain, each with its own unique history and strategic perspectives regarding social and political change. These competing conceptualizations of Godwin's legacy and significance therefore reflected both their independent political and intellectual concerns and developing rifts in the broader anarchist movement, especially between proponents of gradualism and those of more militant forms of anarchism. Ultimately, for all three, Godwin became a cipher for internal ideological struggles in anarchist politics, as his pliable ideas were mobilized in the battle for the meaning of British anarchism.

Implications for the theory of culture of Cornelius Castoriadis's notion of imaginary significations (see The Imaginary Institution of Society, Cambridge, 1987) are explored, & it is shown that a more "culturological" perspective would throw new light on the notion. Imaginary significations are defined as representing a surplus of meaning that transcends all determinants, foundations, & presuppositions. For Castoriadis they are a radical challenge to the inherited way of thinking, but it is suggested that they can also be seen as a critical continuation & a selective convergence of different traditions in social theory. Their relevance to interpreting culture is that they transform the problematic of meaning & could help to concretize the underdeveloped idea of culture as an articulation of the world, thereby posing an alternative to the cognitivist interpretation of culture. J. White

Growing dependency, increased contact and interactions, and the development of a participatory world culture have brought the topic of culture change to our attention as never before. Naylor examines the various issues and aspects of change, particularly directed or intended change, as it occurs within multicultural settings. He combines the best information available on the topic of change and provides a comprehensive model for change processes in an effort to supply the reader with the essentials required for understanding culture change and working within its contexts. It is appropriate for