| Description |
307 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Preface -- Introduction : the two classicisms -- Classical roots of the mass culture debate -- "The opium of the people" -- Some nineteenth-century themes : decadence, masses, empire, Gothic revivals -- Crowd psychology and Freud's model of perpetual decadence -- Three versions of modern classicism : Ortega, Eliot, Camus -- Dialectic of enlightenment -- Television : Spectacularity vs. McLuhanism -- Conclusion : Toward post-industrial society -- Index |
| Analysis |
Classicism |
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Culture |
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Mass media |
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Mass society |
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Popular culture |
| Notes |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Classicism.
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Culture.
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Mass media -- Social aspects -- History.
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Mass media -- Social aspects.
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Mass society -- History.
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Popular culture.
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Culture.
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| LC no. |
83045134 |
| ISBN |
0801415985 (alk. paper) |
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0801493382 (paperback) |
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