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Being cultured : in defence of discrimination / Angus Kennedy.
Penn Museum Library HM621 .K46 2014
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kennedy, Angus J., author.
- Series:
- Societas (Imprint Academic (Firm))
- Societas : essays in political & cultural criticism
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Popular culture.
- Popular culture--Social aspects.
- Discrimination.
- Arts and society.
- Physical Description:
- xix, 236 pages ; 21 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Exeter : Imprint Academic, 2014.
- Summary:
- Today culture is everywhere as maybe never before. We read culture-reviews, watch culture shows, live in Cities of Culture, and witness the Cultural Olympiad. Government, museums and arts councils worry that we are not getting enough culture and shape policy around notions of art and culture for all. Access and inclusion are in Difficulty and exclusivity out. In Being Cultured Angus Kennedy asks if this explosion of culture, and the breaking down of distinctions between high and low culture, has emancipated us or left us adrift without cultural moorings. Is it true that all cultures are equal? Is cultural diversity a good thing? Is it unacceptably elitist to insist on the highest standards of judgment. This provocative book strikes a blow for discrimination in culture and argues that there is a responsibility on each of us as individuals to always be becoming more cultured beings: our best selves. Kennedy revisits the tradition - from Cicero to Kant. Arnold to Arendt - of autonomy in culture: both in the sense of its intrinsic value and how it tests on our individual freedom - quite apart from state and society - to discriminate and judge. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- 1 What is Culture? 1
- 2 Down with Discrimination 29
- 3 Culture goes Total 53
- 4 Imagine All the People 77
- 5 Culture as Weapon 100
- 6 Interlude: traditional, modern, contemporary 129
- 7 Culture: it's just not natural 158
- 8 The Subject of Freedom 186
- 9 Being Cultured 210.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-227) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781845405700
- 1845405706
- OCLC:
- 868380349
- Publisher Number:
- 99958279158
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