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Title An intelligent person's guide to modern culture / Roger Scruton.
Author Scruton, Roger.
Publication Info. South Bend, Ind. : St. Augustine's Press, 2000.
Description xi,173 p. ; 24 cm.
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ISBN 1890318477 (alk. paper)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. [159]-168) and index.
Contents What is culture? -- Culture and cult -- Enlightenment -- The aesthetic gaze -- Romanticism -- Fantasy, imagination and the salesman -- Modernism -- Avant-garde and kitsch -- Surface and surfeit -- Yoofanasia -- Idle hands -- The devil's work -- Conclusions.
Subject Culture.
Arts, Modern.
Civilization, Modern -- Philosophy.
Popular culture.
OCLC/Vendor # 43599068
ISBN 1890318477 (alk. paper)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. [159]-168) and index.
Contents What is culture? -- Culture and cult -- Enlightenment -- The aesthetic gaze -- Romanticism -- Fantasy, imagination and the salesman -- Modernism -- Avant-garde and kitsch -- Surface and surfeit -- Yoofanasia -- Idle hands -- The devil's work -- Conclusions.
Subject Culture.
Arts, Modern.
Civilization, Modern -- Philosophy.
Popular culture.
OCLC/Vendor # 43599068