Modern Culture
(Sprache: Englisch)
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.
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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.
Inhaltsverzeichnis zu „Modern Culture “
What is Culture?; Culture and Cult; Enlightenment; The Aesthetic Gaze; Romanticism; Fantasy, Imagination and the Salesman; Modernism; Avant-garde and Kitsch; Yoofanasia; Idle Hands; The Devil's Work; Conclusions.
Autoren-Porträt von Roger Scruton
Roger Scruton is a philosopher and writer. Formerly Professor of Aesthetics at Birkbeck College, London and Visiting Professor at Boston College, USA. He now lives as a freelance writer in Wiltshire. He has published The West and the Rest, News from Somewhere and Gentle Regrets with Continuum.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Roger Scruton
- 2006, 173 Seiten, Maße: 16,4 x 19,7 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: Continuum
- ISBN-10: 0826494447
- ISBN-13: 9780826494443
Sprache:
Englisch
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