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The Age of Culture
The Age of Culture

Author(s): Terry Eagleton
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Political Philosophy, Social Philosophy, Culture and social structure , Theory of Literature
Published by: Филолошки факултет Универзитета у Бањој Луци
Keywords: Culture; West; politics; tradition; nationalism; civilization; philosophy;

Summary/Abstract: The paper deals with the presence of culture and its impact on social life as a whole, that is with its transformation from a private pastime to a pervasive social phenomenon. Culture has become ambiguous and while on the one hand it represents a positive social reality, on the other hand it is the enemy of everything that the liberal holds dear – reason, universal right, personal liberty, free inquiry, cosmopolitanism, critical reflection – it becomes the enemy of the civilization.

  • Issue Year: 2010
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 9-12
  • Page Count: 4
  • Language: English