Notes on the death of culture : essays on spectacle and society
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King, John, 1950- translator.
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Burlington Public Library - Non-fiction
909.82 VARGAS 2015
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909.82 VARGAS 2015
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227 pages ; 22 cm
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English
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"A provocative essay collection that finds the Nobel laureate taking on the decline of intellectual life In the past, culture was a kind of vital consciousness that constantly rejuvenated and revivified everyday reality. Now it is largely a mechanism of distraction and entertainment. Notes on the Death of Culture is an examination and indictment of this transformation-- penned by none other than Mario Vargas Llosa, who is not only one of our finest novelists but one of the keenest social critics at work today. Taking his cues from T. S. Eliot-- whose essay "Notes Toward a Definition of Culture" is a touchstone precisely because the culture Eliot aimed to describe has since vanished-- Vargas Llosa traces a decline whose ill effects have only just begun to be felt. He mourns, in particular, the figure of the intellectual: for most of the twentieth century, men and women of letters drove political, aesthetic, and moral conversations; today they have all but disappeared from public debate. But Vargas Llosa stubbornly refuses to fade into the background. He is not content to merely sign a petition; he will not bite his tongue. A necessary gadfly, the Nobel laureate Vargas Llosa, here vividly translated by John King, provides a tough but essential critique of our time and culture"--,Provided by publisher.
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"New essays attacking the precipitous decline of contemporary culture by the Nobel Laureate Mario Vargas Llosa"--,Provided by publisher.
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Translation of: La civilización del espectáculo.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Vargas Llosa, M., & King, J. (2015). Notes on the death of culture: essays on spectacle and society (First American edition.). Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Vargas Llosa, Mario, 1936- and John King. 2015. Notes On the Death of Culture: Essays On Spectacle and Society. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Vargas Llosa, Mario, 1936- and John King. Notes On the Death of Culture: Essays On Spectacle and Society New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2015.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Vargas Llosa, Mario, and John King. Notes On the Death of Culture: Essays On Spectacle and Society First American edition., Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2015.
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