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SUMMARY:What's Left of Culture and Society? - Prof Lisa Jardine\, Queen Ma
 ry\, University of London
DTSTART:20081030T170000Z
DTEND:20081030T190000Z
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DESCRIPTION:Lecture 1: The Dream of Democratic Culture \nRaymond Williams'
  Culture and Society was published in 1958 and became a cult book for libe
 ral practitioners and critics in the humanities throughout the 1960s and 7
 0s. In this lecture Lisa Jardine looks back at the dreams and ambitions fo
 r mass culture\, and the vital role of literature in the democratic proces
 s\, articulated by Raymond Williams. "I will ask whether his was a vain ho
 pe\, or whether there is something important to be learned from his cultur
 al analysis today".\n\nLecture 2: Is Anyone in Charge of Public Opinion? \
 n\nFriday 31 October 9.30am to 1.00pm\nFaculty of Law\, Room LG 18 \nRespo
 ndents: Mr Alan Rusbridger\, Dame Joan Bakewell\, Professor Morag Shiach\,
  Professor Frank Kelly \nWilliams anticipated broadening access to culture
  and increasing participation in the public process by the public at large
 . In fact\, the mass media have developed in entirely different ways from 
 those he anticipated. In this lecture Prof. Lisa Jardine will examine some
  of the consequences of this\, and the inexorable rise of the internet\, a
 nd ask whether we too can refuse to despair of modern civilisation. \n\n
LOCATION:Lady Mitchell Hall\, Sidgwick Site
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