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Author Kennedy, Angus, author.

Title Being cultured : in defence of discrimination / by Angus Kennedy
Published Exeter : Imprint Academic, 2014

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Description 1 online resource
Series Societas : essays in political & cultural criticism
Societas (Imprint Academic (Firm))
Contents Cover; Contents; Front matter; Title page; Publisher information; Dedication; Epigraph; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Body matter; 1. What is Culture?; 2. Down with Discrimination; 3. Culture goes Total; 4. Imagine All the People; 5. Culture as Weapon; 6. Interlude: traditional, modern, contemporary; 7. Culture: it's just not natural; 8. The Subject of Freedom; 9. Being Cultured; Back matter; Bibliography; Also available
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: in defence of discrimination" 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? To argue that some cultural works stand the test of time and some don't? Can anyone dare to call themselves cultured anymore? Might it even be the case that culture no longer actually means anything much to us? That our nervousness about exercising discrimination and good taste - the erosion of cultural authority - might have left us with a culture that may be open to all, but lacking in depth? 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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes English
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Subject Popular culture
Popular culture -- Social aspects
Discrimination.
Arts and society.
popular culture.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture.
Arts and society
Discrimination
Popular culture
Popular culture -- Social aspects
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781845407612
184540761X
9781845407629
1845407628