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Indiana University Press & British Film Institute, Bloomington, Indiana, 1994. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Very Good. 600 g; VIII, 230 pages, last three pages blank, indexed. Illustrated with black-and-white reproductions of photographs, includes some diagrams etc. Edited by Robert Lumley. An erudite and witty collection of Umberto eco's essays on mass culture from the 1960s through the 1980s, including major pieces which have not been translated into English before. The discussion is framed by opposing characterisations of current intellectuals as apocalyptic and opposed to almost culture, less integrated intellectuals, so much a part of mass culture as to be unaware of serving it. Organised into four main parts "mass culture: Apocalypse postponed," "mass media and the limits of communication," "the rise and fall of counterculture's," and "in search of Italian genius," Eco looks at a variety of topics and…
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Apocalypse Postponed Hardcover - 1994
by Umberto Eco; Robert Lumley (Editor)
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- Title Apocalypse Postponed
- Author Umberto Eco; Robert Lumley (Editor)
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition
- Pages 240
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher British Film Institute, Bloomington, IN
- Date 1994
- ISBN 9780851704180 / 0851704182
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