Arnold’s Culture & Modernity

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The book presents Matthew Arnold’s concept of culture and its relevance to modern times. Arnold criticized Western Society especially British Society of his time for its indulgence in Philistinism as he wanted the ‘uniform world culture’ what we call today ‘global village.’ According to him culture is to find in what ‘the best that is known and thought in the world.’ The term is inclusive, for this makes human life happier. Culture conceives of a harmonious perfection; it is at the service of society and provides its utility for well being of humanity. He understands culture in the context of rising spirit of democracy; he observes stability of society in the value based life. For Arnold, political, scientific, religious structures are in fact embodiment of culture. His concept of culture seems to be valid even in the twentieth century and may be useful in the times to come. His conception offers the need of multiculturalism in the twentieth century.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR M.S. Wankhede

Dr. M.S. Wankhede is presently working as a Lecturer in English (Sr. Grade) in Dhanwate National College, Nagpur. He is not only a litterateur but a budding linguist, who has put forth twenty four years in the field of education. He has vast experience of research as he has produced 15 M.Phil scholars and 10 research scholars are working under him for Ph.D. In addition, he himself has attended more than 70 State, National and International conferences/ seminars and presented more than 30 papers. He is a bilingual creative writer and some of his poems in English and Marathi have been published. He is doing his second Ph.D. in linguistics. Presently he is an executive member of The Association for English Studies of India (Western Zone).

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Title
Arnold’s Culture & Modernity
Author
Edition
1st ed.
Publisher
ISBN
9788190965026
Length
xi+188p., Bibliography; 22cm.
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