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CULTURE AND ANARCHY
AN ESSAY IN POLITICAL AND SOCIAL CRITICISM |
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Matthew Arnold |
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1108040179 |
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9781108040174 |
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CAMBRIDGE LIBRARY COLLECTION |
Pub. date: |
24 November, 2011 |
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Cambridge Library Collection -Philosophy |
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338 |
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Published first in 1869, this controversial essay defends culture, learning and aestheticism against 'philistinism' and the purely functional. |
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By the middle of the nineteenth century, culture was often considered to be nothing but a meaningless 'smattering of Latin and Greek'. In this work, first published in 1869, Matthew Arnold (1822-88) redefines culture as a striving for 'the best that has been thought or said', and as a contrast to 'philistinism' and the over-valuation of the practical. Critical of the uninspiring lifestyles of many of his religious and non-religious contemporaries, he raises the controversial issue of how to lead a good life, aesthetically, intellectually and morally. He introduces a middle road between classical and Judaeo-Christian ideals ('Hellenism' and 'Hebraism') which promotes the state over the individual, a position that has often prompted his critics to consider him an authoritarian thinker. A fascinating piece of social and political criticism, and an adjunct to Arnold's poetry, this work was both controversial when it was first published, and enormously influential thereafter. |
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black & white illustrations |
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UK |
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Cambridge University Press |
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