Arnold, Matthew,  1822-1888 <br/><br/>
Culture and Anarchy 

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<br/><br/> Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture_and_Anarchy  Release date is 2003-07-01 
<br/><br/>This etext was produced by Alfred J. Drake, Ph.D.  This etext was produced by Alfred J. Drake, Ph.D. 
<br/><br/> "Culture and Anarchy" by Matthew Arnold is a series of essays first published in 1867–68 and collected as a book in 1869. Arnold argues that culture is "a study of perfection" and defines it as pursuing "the best which has been thought and said in the world." He advocates for culture as a solution to society's difficulties, promoting ideals of "sweetness and light" while critiquing different social classes. The work introduces influential terms like Barbarian and Philistine that shaped cultural debate for nearly a century. (This is an automatically generated summary.) 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Great Britain -- Social conditions -- 19th century Culture 
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