Philistinism
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| - | {{Template}}:"[M]arx would have called Flaubert a [[bourgeois]] in the politico-economic sense and Flaubert would have called Marx a bourgeois in the spiritual sense; and both would have been right since, Flaubert was a well-to-do gentleman in physical life and Marx was a [[philistine]] in his attitude towards the arts" --[[Nabokov]] in ''[[Lectures on Literature]]''. | + | {{Template}} |
| + | :"[M]arx would have called Flaubert a [[bourgeois]] in the politico-economic sense and Flaubert would have called Marx a bourgeois in the spiritual sense; and both would have been right since, Flaubert was a well-to-do gentleman in physical life and Marx was a [[philistine]] in his attitude towards the arts" --[[Nabokov]] in ''[[Lectures on Literature]]''. | ||
| '''Philistinism''' is a [[pejorative|derogatory]] term used to describe a particular attitude or set of values. A person called a '''Philistine''' (in the relevant sense), is said to despise or undervalue [[art]], [[beauty]], [[intellectual]] content, and/or spiritual values. Philistines are also said to be [[materialistic]], to favor conventional social values unthinkingly, and to favor forms of art that have a cheap and easy appeal (e.g. [[kitsch]]). | '''Philistinism''' is a [[pejorative|derogatory]] term used to describe a particular attitude or set of values. A person called a '''Philistine''' (in the relevant sense), is said to despise or undervalue [[art]], [[beauty]], [[intellectual]] content, and/or spiritual values. Philistines are also said to be [[materialistic]], to favor conventional social values unthinkingly, and to favor forms of art that have a cheap and easy appeal (e.g. [[kitsch]]). | ||
| Philistinism affords a contrast to [[Bohemianism]], as the character of a smugly conventional [[bourgeois]] social group perceived to lack all the desirably soulful 'bohemian' characteristics, especially an artistic temperament and a broad cultural horizon open to the [[avant-garde]]. To the chosen few, the 'Philistines' embodied a smug, [[anti-intellectual]] threatening majority, in the [[culture war|'culture wars']] of the 19th century. | Philistinism affords a contrast to [[Bohemianism]], as the character of a smugly conventional [[bourgeois]] social group perceived to lack all the desirably soulful 'bohemian' characteristics, especially an artistic temperament and a broad cultural horizon open to the [[avant-garde]]. To the chosen few, the 'Philistines' embodied a smug, [[anti-intellectual]] threatening majority, in the [[culture war|'culture wars']] of the 19th century. | ||
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- "[M]arx would have called Flaubert a bourgeois in the politico-economic sense and Flaubert would have called Marx a bourgeois in the spiritual sense; and both would have been right since, Flaubert was a well-to-do gentleman in physical life and Marx was a philistine in his attitude towards the arts" --Nabokov in Lectures on Literature.
Philistinism is a derogatory term used to describe a particular attitude or set of values. A person called a Philistine (in the relevant sense), is said to despise or undervalue art, beauty, intellectual content, and/or spiritual values. Philistines are also said to be materialistic, to favor conventional social values unthinkingly, and to favor forms of art that have a cheap and easy appeal (e.g. kitsch).
Philistinism affords a contrast to Bohemianism, as the character of a smugly conventional bourgeois social group perceived to lack all the desirably soulful 'bohemian' characteristics, especially an artistic temperament and a broad cultural horizon open to the avant-garde. To the chosen few, the 'Philistines' embodied a smug, anti-intellectual threatening majority, in the 'culture wars' of the 19th century.
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