1st Edition
The Tyranny of Relativism Culture and Politics in Contemporary English Society
By Richard Hoggart
Copyright 1997
374 Pages
by
Routledge
352 Pages
by
Routledge
374 Pages
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Routledge
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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... Read more
Introduction to the Transaction Edition, Acknowledgments, Introduction, PART ONE: RELATIVISM TO OPPORTUNISM, 1: Riding Relativism’s Wave, PART TWO: ASPECTS OF THE DOMINANT MOOD, 2: Distortions of Education, 3: The Arts: Intellectual, Artistic and Academic Relativism, 4: Angles on Mass and Popular Culture, 5: The Betrayal of Broadcasting, 6: Misuses of Language, 7: Ways of Looking: Compass Bearings in a Wide-Open Society?, PART THREE: GRIT ON THE FLYWHEEL, 8: Home Thoughts: Old-Style Checks and Balances, 9: From Class to Status: Resistance by Transference, 10 Patrons and Sponsors, 11 Effects of Mass Media: Kinds of Censorship, 12: Ancestral Voices: Myths and Mottoes to Live By, PART FOUR: WHO NEEDS A CLERISY?, 13: Democratic Representations and Democratic Spirits, 14 Diverse Voices, and Opinion-Formers, PART FIVE: A SUMMING-UP; AND A VERY QUALIFIED PROSPECTUS, 15 Where are We, and Where Do We Go from Here?, Index
Biography
Richard Hoggart, as professor of modern English literature at Birmingham University, founded the Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies. He has authored or edited over twenty-five books, including Between Two Worlds: Politics, Anti-Politics, and the Unpolitical, The Uses of Literacy, and The Tyranny of Relativism, all available from Transaction.
