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
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Brantlinger, Patrick
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, [2016]
Temas:
Classicism.
Culture.
Mass media > Social aspects > History.
Mass society > History.
Classicisme.
Médias > Aspect social > Histoire.
Société de masse > Histoire.
classicism.
HISTORY / Civilization.
Mass media > Social aspects.
Mass society.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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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