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Can I read Notes towards the Definition of Culture on EtoBox?

Notes towards the Definition of Culture by T. S. Eliot is a literary studies available to read on EtoBox.

What is Notes towards the Definition of Culture about?

This critique of modern society argues that culture must be organic, and cannot be planned or imposed. The word culture has been widely and erroneously employed in political, educational, and journalistic contexts. In helping to define a word so greatly misused, T. S. Eliot contradicts many of our popular assumptions about culture, reminding us that it is not the possession of any one class but of a whole society—and yet its preservation may depend on the continuance of a class system, and that

Who reads Notes towards the Definition of Culture?

It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.

Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.

Author
T. S. Eliot
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
Published
2014
Language
EN
ISBN
9780544358522
Category
literary studies
Subjects
Religion, Science, Anthropology
Rating
3.62 / 5 (146 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-14