Notes on the Death of Culture

Description:

The author puts forth a hard and somber interpretation of our times. Our civilization has turned into entertainment, gossip, enjoyment, and has adopted a carefree, devil-may-care attitude, ignoring what is happening as long as it has its fix of soccer, bull fighting, baseball, cheap entertainment, talk shows, irresponsible yellow journalism, and exploitation of the poor. The idea is: have fun, keep boredom at bay, and avoid what bothers, worries and anguishes us. In fact modern culture makes it a social mandate.

subjects: SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General,  Modern Civilization,  Social problems,  SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies,  Culture,  Philosophy,  History,  Civilization, modern, 20th century,  Civilization, history,  Civilización occidental,  Western Civilization,  Opiniones políticas y sociales,  Civilización moderna,  Distraction (Philosophy),  Political and social views

People: Mario Vargas Llosa (1936-),  Llosa Mario Vargas (1936-)

Times: Siglo XXI,  21st century