Clare Hall Tanner Lectures 2008 (1) – Lisa Jardine, Lecture 1
Duration: 59 mins 30 secs
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| Description: | 'The Dream of Democratic Culture' |
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| Created: | 2008-11-13 01:31 |
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| Collection: | Clare Hall – Tanner Lectures |
| Publisher: | Clare Hall – Tanner Lectures |
| Copyright: | Lisa Jardine / Clare Hall / Tanner Lectures |
| Language: | eng (English) |
| Abstract: | Raymond Williams 'Culture and Society' was published in 1958 and became a cult book for liberal practitioners and critics in the humanities throughout the 1960s and 70s. In this lecture Lisa Jardine looks back at the dreams and ambitions for mass culture, and the vital role of literature in the democratic process, articulated by Raymond Williams. "I ask whether his was a vain hope, or whether there is something important to be learned from his cultural analysis today". |
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