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... a style is largely a culture - bound concept , stemming from beliefs in the
importance of originality and in the value of individual expression - beliefs
important in Western ideology but by no means so in all cultures or in all epochs .
( Music ...
... a style is largely a culture - bound concept , stemming from beliefs in the
importance of originality and in the value of individual expression - beliefs
important in Western ideology but by no means so in all cultures or in all epochs .
( Music ...
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The novel is still pre - eminently about free individuals , even if one wants to
adjust the focus somewhat so as to stress the competitiveness that their freedom
necessarily involves , rather than the spiritual cosiness that John Bayley dwells
on .
The novel is still pre - eminently about free individuals , even if one wants to
adjust the focus somewhat so as to stress the competitiveness that their freedom
necessarily involves , rather than the spiritual cosiness that John Bayley dwells
on .
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in effect , abolish the creative tension between individual and society by
collapsing both concepts ; ' Society ' and the individual ' are both essentialist
abstractions , based on the notion that persons and institutions are closed ,
demarcated ...
in effect , abolish the creative tension between individual and society by
collapsing both concepts ; ' Society ' and the individual ' are both essentialist
abstractions , based on the notion that persons and institutions are closed ,
demarcated ...
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Preface | 7 |
Character and Liberalism | 35 |
The Ideology of Being English | 56 |
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