Studies In A Dying Culture

Studies In A Dying Culture

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Condition: SECONDHAND

This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.

Edition: 5th repr.,

Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Markings: No markings
Condition remarks: DJ - heavily worn with tears. Internally sound.

Studies In A Dying Culture presents a trenchant Marxist analysis of Western society during a period of profound upheaval. Christopher Caudwell critically examines the ideological underpinnings of various cultural phenomena, from literature to philosophy, revealing their connections to economic structures. This seminal work argues that the prevailing cultural forms reflect and perpetuate a capitalist system in decline. Caudwell illustrates how art and thought become distorted under such conditions, offering a powerful critique of bourgeois intellectualism. The text uncovers the inherent contradictions within a society grappling with its own obsolescence, providing a compelling intellectual framework for understanding cultural decay.

Author: Christopher Caudwell
Format: Hardback
Published: 1949, John Lane The Bodley Head

Description

Edition: 5th repr.,

Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Markings: No markings
Condition remarks: DJ - heavily worn with tears. Internally sound.

Studies In A Dying Culture presents a trenchant Marxist analysis of Western society during a period of profound upheaval. Christopher Caudwell critically examines the ideological underpinnings of various cultural phenomena, from literature to philosophy, revealing their connections to economic structures. This seminal work argues that the prevailing cultural forms reflect and perpetuate a capitalist system in decline. Caudwell illustrates how art and thought become distorted under such conditions, offering a powerful critique of bourgeois intellectualism. The text uncovers the inherent contradictions within a society grappling with its own obsolescence, providing a compelling intellectual framework for understanding cultural decay.