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MODERN CULTURE
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| By: |
Roger Scruton |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| List price:
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£17.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0826494447 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780826494443 |
| Publisher: |
BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING PLC |
| Pub. date: |
24 September, 2006 |
| Series: |
Continuum Compact Series |
| Pages: |
192 |
| Description: |
The word, 'culture' lies at the centre of contemporary debates about the past and future of society. Here, the author argues for the religious origin of culture in all its forms, and mounts a defence of the 'high culture' of our civilization against its radical and 'deconstructionist' critics. |
| Synopsis: |
What do we mean by 'culture'? This word, purloined by journalists to denote every kind of collective habit, lies at the centre of contemporary debates about the past and future of society. In this thought-provoking book, Roger Scruton argues for the religious origin of culture in all its forms, and mounts a defence of the 'high culture' of our civilization against its radical and 'deconstructionist' critics. He offers a theory of pop culture, a panegyric to Baudelaire, a few reasons why Wagner is just as great as his critics fear him to be, and a raspberry to Cool Britannia. This book is a must for all people who are fed up to their tightly clenched front teeth with Derrida, Foucault, Oasis and Richard Rogers. |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd. |
| Returns: |
Returnable |