RYLE MARTIN

(P/B) TO RELISH THE SUBLIME?
More than 130 years on from Matthew Arnold's pronouncement that human beings "must be compelled to relish the sublime", education in the humanities still relies on a more or less Arnoldian ideal of "culture" as the means of intellectual development. In this distinctive and original work, Martin Ryle and Kate Soper reflect critically on this enduring ideal, exploring the tensions and contradictions between it and the contemporary world of work, pleasure and consumption. (From the publisher)...
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