Bread and Circuses : Theories of Mass Culture as Social Decay

Bread and Circuses Theories of Mass Culture as Social Decay

Lively and well written, Bread and Circuses analyzes theories that have treated mass culture as either a symptom or a cause of social decadence. Discussing many of the most influential and representative theories of mass culture, it ranges widely from Greek and Roman origins, through Marx, Nietzsche...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Brantlinger, Patrick, 1941- (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca : Cornell University Press 1983
1983.
Materias:
Classicism.
Popular culture.
Culture.
Mass society > History.
Mass media > Social aspects > History.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • 1. Introduction: The Two Classicisms
  • 2. The Classical Roots of the Mass Culture Debate
  • 3. "The Opium of the People"
  • 4. Some Nineteenth-Century Themes: Decadence, Masses, Empire, Gothic Revivals
  • 5. Crowd Psychology and Freud's Model of Perpetual Decadence
  • 6. Three Versions of Modern Classicism: Ortega, Eliot, Camus
  • 7. The Dialectic of Enlightenment
  • 8. Television: Spectacularity vs. McLuhanism
  • 9. Conclusion: Toward Post-Industrial Society
  • Index

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