The Idea of Culture: 19

Synopsis

'culture' is said to be one of the two or three most complex words in the english language, and the term which is sometimes considered to be its opposite, 'nature', is commonly awarded the accolade of being the most complex of all. Terry eagleton's book, in this vital new series from blackwell, focuses on discriminating different meanings of culture, as a way of introducing to the general reader the contemporary debates around it.