The Tyranny of Relativism: Culture and Politics in Contemporary English SocietyTransaction Publishers - 352 pàgines The Tyranny of Relativism is an impassioned attempt by one of England's most distinguished critics to capture the feel of British culture at the end of the twentieth century: its moods, attitudes, and institutions. Richard Hoggart presents a double argument, suggesting first that cultural dilemmas stem from a long slide towards moral relativism, as consumerism rather than authority increasingly determines the texture of life; and secondly, that despite its claims to the contrary, British Conservative governments have exploited these changes to their own ends. Blunt and forthright, humorous and humane, Hoggart supports his themes by analyzing particular forms of change--in education at all levels, in the arts, mass and popular entertainment, in broadcasting, in the use of language, and in the uncertain base of "cultural studies" themselves. But he also shows how some social forces have worked against this monumental process: old-style checks and balances, the resistance of class sentiments, the uneasy sense of lost values. But in this series of cultural struggles, the intellectuals are noteworthy by their absence. The great merit of "The Tyranny of Relativism "is its resistance to platitudes, and its fearless probing of thorny questions that go to the heart of Western cultural traditions for a new age. When Hoggart concludes by asking "where do we go now" no one should expect complacency. In "The Tyranny of Relativism, "Hoggart makes the reader appreciate the silent complicity of the intellectual class for the cultural rot of relativism characteristic of western culture today. The book is must reading for those engaged in cultural studies, European politics, literary criticism, and the sociology of knowledge. |
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... lacks a sense of humor and so cannot appreciate the phenom- ena of mass culture . " In Britain today that would be called " a post- modernist judgment , " the phrase which is always dragged xi Introduction to the Transaction Edition.
... phrase and says : " Look , isn't this curious — and telling ? " The French ( and the German ) traditions are , by contrast , fundamentally theoretic , and intel- lectually exciting in their own ways . It is to the great credit of the ...
... been given . In the early part of the last century Carlyle gave us the phrase ' The Condition of England ' ( and many other beauties , such as ' the cash- nexus ' ) . We are all still in his xviii The Tyranny of Relativism.
... phrases catch something of the feel of the time ; and all pass away sooner or later , usually sooner . Here is yet another paradox . The relativist - consumerist society is , yes , entirely committed to endless change . From another ...
... phrase than a statement of a conventionally agreed fact of life . So is the vague but recurrent feeling that the grass is always greener on the other side of the hill . In 1979 there were some solid grounds to encourage such feelings ...
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ASPECTS OF THE DOMINANT MOOD | 19 |
Distortions of Education | 21 |
i The Climate | 22 |
GRIT ON THE FLYWHEEL | 191 |
Home Thoughts OldStyle Checks and Balances | 193 |
From Class to Status Resistance by Transference | 198 |
ii Status and LifeStyle | 202 |
iii Piggybacks Partial Profiles and Emotional Energy | 209 |
Patrons and Sponsors | 213 |
i Why Give at all in an Open Society? | 214 |
ii Class Education the Arts and Public Duty | 218 |
ii Schools | 26 |
the Cinderella | 37 |
the Universities | 40 |
v Adult Education Today | 49 |
The Arts Intellectual Artistic and Academic Relativism | 55 |
ii Reading | 65 |
iii Literary Essences | 75 |
Meaning and Modern Theory | 82 |
v Literary Influences | 88 |
Angles on Mass and Popular Culture | 96 |
i Characteristics of Mass Culture | 97 |
ii Elements of Popular Culture | 102 |
The Betrayal of Broadcasting | 114 |
ii Radio | 126 |
iii Television | 133 |
iv Broadcasting and the Arts | 138 |
v The 1990 Broadcasting Act and After | 144 |
vi Conclusion | 152 |
Misuses of Language | 157 |
i Linguistic Tics | 158 |
ii Dodging Reality and Judgment | 160 |
iii Language and Ideology | 163 |
iv Hospital Kindly Gentility | 166 |
v Embarrassed by the Words | 167 |
Ways of Looking Compass Bearings in a WideOpen Society? | 172 |
ii Where Did it All Begin? | 174 |
iii Theory? Naturally | 177 |
iv Elements of Cultural Reading | 179 |
v Some Rules of Thumb | 182 |
vi Instances of Surprise | 189 |
iii Grassroots Ethnic Arts and their Claims | 223 |
iv Confused Alarms of Struggle and Fight | 224 |
v Patronage and Sponsorship | 226 |
vi Who Should Get What and How? | 231 |
vii Spreading Your Arts Abroad | 237 |
Effects of Mass Media Kinds of Censorship a Bakers Dozen | 243 |
i Counterweights and Contradictions Again | 244 |
ii Effects Broadcasting and Elsewhere | 246 |
iii Kinds of Censorship | 249 |
iv Am I My Brothers Keeper | 266 |
Ancestral Voices Myths and Mottoes to Live By | 268 |
ii Sophisticated Memories | 273 |
iii Three Types of Aphorism | 275 |
iv Walking on the Water | 278 |
WHO NEEDS A CLERISY? | 281 |
Democratic Representations and Democratic Spirits | 283 |
i Confrontation Consensus and Cohesion | 285 |
ii Jude and His Kind | 296 |
Diverse Voices and Opinion Formers | 300 |
i A Mixed Bunch Mainly Official | 302 |
ii Reviewers and Some Critics | 305 |
iii No Committees Please Were English | 311 |
iv Jobs for Intellectuals? | 312 |
A SUMMINGUP AND A VERY QUALIFIED PROSPECTUS | 319 |
Where are We and Where Do We Go from Here? | 321 |
ii Old Strengths | 329 |
iii New Opportunities | 332 |
iv What to Do About It? or Lets Put Out the Lights and Go to Sleep? | 335 |
Index | 341 |
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