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Apocalypse Postponed - Essays by Umberto Eco (Paperback)
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Apocalypse Postponed - Essays by Umberto Eco (Paperback)
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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 characterizations of current intellectuals as
apocalyptic and opposed to all mass culture, or as integrated
intellectuals, so much a part of mass culture as to be unaware of
serving it. Organized in four main parts, "Mass Culture: Apocalypse
Postponed," "Mass Media and the Limits of Communication," "The Rise
and Fall of Counter-Cultures," and "In Search of Italian Genius,"
Eco looks at a variety of topics and cultural productions,
including the world of Charlie Brown, distinctions between highbrow
and lowbrow, the future of literacy, Chinese comic strips, whether
countercultures exist, Fellini's Ginger and Fred, and the Italian
genius industry.
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