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Reaching for my revolver. Problems with the concept of culture

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 October 2001

NICHOLAS GARNHAM
NICHOLAS GARNHAM
Affiliation:
University of Westminster, Northwick Park Campus, Watford Road, Harrow, Middlesex, HA1 3TP
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Abstract

The definition of the term culture has become so vague as to be almost synonymous with human life; as an analytic term it has become nearly valueless. Of course, it can be used as a description of artistic activity, but this also becomes dubious when applied to popular mass culture. Culture often carries a sense of superior ethical values, but this too declines into confusion when multiculturism is opposed to culture as a whole.

Type
Research Article
Information
European Review , Volume 9 , Issue 4 , October 2001 , pp. 413 - 420
Copyright
© Academia Europaea 2001

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