The fateful question of culture
Editorial COLUMBIA UNIV. PRESS
Mainland Spain
- Publisher COLUMBIA UNIV. PRESS
- ISBN13 9780231114097
- ISBN10 0231114095
- Type BOOK
- Pages 249
- Published 1996
- Bookbinding Rustic
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EssaysThe fateful question of culture
Editorial COLUMBIA UNIV. PRESS
Mainland Spain
Book details
What defines "culture wars"? Can art and literature restore and reconnect us to the world? Or does culture, in the guise of politics, divide and separate us? What is finally at stake in the "culture wars"? In this book Geoffrey H. Hartman explores the varied meanings of culture in a fractured postmodern world. Engaging a wide range of literature and criticism, Hartman considers culture's many uses, generating the subtle yet immense hope that flows from a great artist such as Wordsworth but also the terrible capacity to destroy, as evidenced by the cultural politics of Nazi Germany. Hartman calls for the restoration of literature to its place as the focus of thinking about culture and for the renewal of aesthetic education to help ensure the balance between art, culture, and politics.