The Controversy of Herbert Read and T.S. Eliot on the Forms of Cultural Transmission
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The Controversy of Herbert Read and T.S. Eliot on the Forms of Cultural Transmission
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Occupation: Associate Professor
Affiliation: Lomonosov Moscow State University, Faculty of Philosophy, Department of History and Theory of World Culture
Address: Russian Federation, Moscow
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In this article, the positions of Thomas Stearns Eliot and Herbert Read will be presented regarding the ways of cultural transmission. Through their respective works, Notes Towards the Definition of Culture and Education through Art, they both advocate a position on this issue. Both of them believe that education is the main form of cultural transmission in contemporary society, but they understand the role and purpose of education in different ways. For Eliot, the main purpose of education is to maintain a high culture, while for Read, education through art and the free development of each person are the important cultural values. The position of each author will be exposed in detail, as a result of their analysis.

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Herbert Read, Thomas Stearns Eliot, philosophy of culture, philosophy of education, British philosophy of 20th century, cultural transmission, elite theory, aesthetic education
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20.12.2018
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