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How can one not include entertainment into culture? The word "culture" always had two meanings, a. what people in some collective do and b. "high culture", the
by js8 5y ago
How can one not include entertainment into culture?
The word "culture" always had two meanings, a. what people in some collective do and b. "high culture", the stuff that is somehow supposed to reflect on human condition.
- prox 5y agoEntertainment is a subset of culture is it not?
- midasuni 5y agoDoesn’t “celebrities eating bugs” reflect on the human condition?
- js8 5y agoI don't think so; there is a light but no mirror.
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- onemoresoop 5y ago> Doesn’t “celebrities eating bugs” reflect on the human condition? Of course it does but not literally and seen from a certain perspective. I'm thinking of the shallow aspect of fame and the meaninglessness that comes with it and the desperation to keep the spotlight pointing at them. Celebrities behaviors are an aspect of the human nature after all.
- LargoLasskhyfv 5y agoThat's just preparation for 'new-food' being acceptable to the masses.
- Jensson 5y ago> "high culture", the stuff that is somehow supposed to reflect on human condition. "High culture" is first and foremost about marketing. Many people care more about things that are marketed as too good for the average man, and products marketed for that group is called "high culture", the name is a part of the marketing. It is similar to the difference between cheap wine and fine wine, people don't notice a difference until you tell them one is more expensive than the other and then suddenly people start noticing a huge difference.