Notes on the Death of Culture

Essays on Spectacle and Society

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Mario Vargas Llosa, John King: Notes on the Death of Culture (2015, Faber & Faber, Limited)

240 páginas

Idioma English

Publicado el 18 de Diciembre de 2015 por Faber & Faber, Limited.

ISBN:
978-0-571-30054-9
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The author puts forth a hard and somber interpretation of our times. Our civilization has turned into entertainment, gossip, enjoyment, and has adopted a carefree, devil-may-care attitude, ignoring what is happening as long as it has its fix of soccer, bull fighting, baseball, cheap entertainment, talk shows, irresponsible yellow journalism, and exploitation of the poor. The idea is: have fun, keep boredom at bay, and avoid what bothers, worries and anguishes us. In fact modern culture makes it a social mandate.

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Temas

  • Civilization, modern, 20th century
  • Culture
  • Social problems