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Notes Towards the Definition of Culture
About this book
'The term
culture . . . includes all the characteristic activities and interests of a people; Derby Day, Henley Regatta, Cowes, the twelfth of August, a cup final, the dog races, the pin table, the dart board, Wensleydale cheese, boiled cabbage cut into sections, beetroot in vinegar, 19th century Gothic churches and the music of Elgar. The reader can make his own list . . .'
In this famous essay T. S. Eliot examines the principal uses of the word, and the conditions in which culture itself can flourish
'So rich in ideas that it is difficult to select two or three of them for comment . . . it is a natural history of culture.'
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Preface to the 1962 Edition
- Preface to the First Edition
- Table of Contents
- Introduction
- CHAPTER I : The Three Senses of ‘Culture’
- CHAPTER II : The Class and the Elite
- CHAPTER III : Unity and Diversity: The Region
- CHAPTER IV : Unity and Diversity: Sect and Cult
- CHAPTER V : A Note on Culture and Politics
- CHAPTER VI : Notes on Education and Culture: and Conclusion
- APPENDIX : The Unity of European Culture
- About the Author
- Copyright