"A book should serve as the axe for the frozen sea within us."
— Franz Kafka
Notes Towards the Definition of Culture.
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1949. [Philosophy/Sociology] FIRST U.S. EDITION. Octavo (22 x 15cm), pp.128. Publisher's black cloth, gilt titles to spine. With the typographic dust-jacket priced at $2.50. Light internal toning, free of marks or spotting. Reverse of jacket and rear jacket panel toned. Mild edgewear. Very good. Here, Eliot attempts to redefine 'culture' in precise terms, as he feels it is a word thrown around too much without thought given to its meaning. From there, other hypotheses about culture emerge, including his belief that culture is on a slope of degradation which is intrinsically tied with the decline of religion. This opinion is an aspect of his famous 'wasteland' theory. Item #74990
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