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Culture used to be so easy to define - it was ballet, opera, Shakespeare, Beethoven... But in the twentieth century, these easy assumptions were torn apart by intellectuals that turned culture into... a political weapon. This series mines the BBC archive for footage of the great minds of the modern age - presenting these thinkers in their own words. This film looks at key thinkers, from FR Leavis to Stuart Hall, who have redefined the meaning of culture in the modern age. It's a story that takes in the unashamed elitism of Kenneth Clark in his triumphant series 'Civilisation'; the battle to give culture to the people waged by Raymond Williams and Richard Hoggart; and the advent of popular culture, spearheaded by a hip young American academic Susan Sontag. From the battle over 'Lady Chatterley's Lover' to the war against imperialism from Edward Said and CLR James, this is a thrilling intellectual journey that still resonates in all our lives today.
Culture used to be so easy to define - it was ballet, opera, Shakespeare, Beethoven... But in the twentieth century, these easy assumptions were torn apart by intellectuals that turned culture into... a political weapon. This series mines the BBC archive for footage of the great minds of the modern age - presenting these thinkers in their own words. This film looks at key thinkers, from FR Leavis to Stuart Hall, who have redefined the meaning of culture in the modern age. It's a story that takes in the unashamed elitism of Kenneth Clark in his triumphant series 'Civilisation'; the battle to give culture to the people waged by Raymond Williams and Richard Hoggart; and the advent of popular culture, spearheaded by a hip young American academic Susan Sontag. From the battle over 'Lady Chatterley's Lover' to the war against imperialism from Edward Said and CLR James, this is a thrilling intellectual journey that still resonates in all our lives today.
| Series: | Great thinkers - in their own words |
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| First transmission date: | 2011 |
| Published: | 2011 |
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| Duration: | 00:59:27 |
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| Director: | Suniti Sumiya |
| Producer: | Suniti Sumiya |
| Narrator: | Rebecca Front |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Link to related site: | Website: http://www.open.ac.uk/openlearn/whats-on/ou-on-the-bbc-their-own-words-great-thinkers |
| Production number: | FKAM963D |
| Videofinder number: | 82091 |
| Available to public: | no |
