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To Hell with Culture
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To Hell with Culture Hardback - 2002

by Herbert Read

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Herbert Read was a maverick character in the cultural life of the twentieth century. A radical leader of the avant garde in the 1930s, and an anarchist revolutionary during the war years, by the time of his death in 1968 he had become a key figure at the heart of the British cultural establishment. To Hell with Culture offers readers an ideal overview of the ideas that marked out this seminal and hugely influential thinker. It is a controversial work that engages the reader in a wide range of topics, from revolutionary art to pornography.
Adept at challenging assumptions and penetrating to the heart of any issue, Read's deft prose encourages the reader to think critically, to question and to subvert the voice of authority, of whatever political or cultural creed. Only through such a critical evaluation of culture, Read believes, can one appreciate the art that arises from the 'unpolitical manifestation of the human spirit'. At a time when authority and value are questionable terms, and when culture itself is a contested concept, Read's is both a challenging and an enlightening voice.

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  • Title To Hell with Culture
  • Author Herbert Read
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition 2nd Revised edit
  • Pages 228
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Routledge
  • Publication date 2002-11
  • ISBN 9780415289924 / 0415289920
  • Weight 1.32 lbs (0.60 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.81 x 5.06 x 0.91 in (19.84 x 12.85 x 2.31 cm)
  • Category Literature - Classics / Criticism
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2002031672
  • Dewey Decimal Code 824.912

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Sir Herbert Read (1893-1968). Leading poet, publisher, educational theorist and social reformer, who was one of the most influential art critics of the twentieth century.

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