Bread and circuses: theories of mass culture as social decay
Auteur :
Brantlinger, Patrick
Éditeur :
Cornell University Press
ISBN :
9780801493386
Date de publication :
1 nov. 2016
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 x 2,1 cm
Poids :
454 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
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, Freud, Ortega y Gasset, T. S. Eliot, and the...