so-soThis was a good collection of essays on the changing notion of what constitutes culture and how this change is adversely affecting modern science, politics and religion. The arguments are interesting and essays well written, however the author sometimes seems quite naive about the modern history of imperialism (especially by the US) and the deep flaws of so-called free market capitalism. Given this, I feel conflicted about the book.
#TBRtemptation post! A provocative essay collection from a literary giant. A lamentation of intellectual culture's decline--instead of infusion & rejuvenation, culture's now considered entertainment & distraction. MVL contrasts with T. S. Eliot's essay "Notes On the Definition of Culture", a defined culture that MVL keenly & painfully argues no longer exists. Writers used to drive movements; he argues, not much anymore. #blameLitsy #blameMrBook ?
Notes on the Death of Culture: Essays on Spectacle and Society | 
