In terms of culture being ordinary‘Every human society has its own shape… purposes, its own
meanings. Every human society expresses these, in institutions, and in arts and
learning’ – Williams, culture is ordinary (1958) pg 93 However, this is expressed differently depending on the class of individuals which leads onto the effect class has on culture and society. Living in a working class society with little income resulting in different tastes and interests in which will cater to those with less money to pay for luxuries attached stereotypically to the upper classes such as the opera which is know for being a upper class art form. The working class on the other hand don't have the disposable income to appreciate the opera therefore they find their appreciation for the arts in different art forms such as
‘A culture has two aspects: the known meanings and directions
which it’s members are trained to; the new observations and meanings which are
offered and tested. These are the ordinary processes of human societies and human
minds and we see through them the nature of culture; that it is always both traditional
and creative; that it is both the most ordinary common meanings and the finest
individual meanings.’ - Williams, culture is ordinary (1958) pg 93
‘We use the word culture in these two senses: to mean a
whole way of life – the common meanings… The special process of discovery and
creative effort’ - Williams, Culture is ordinary (1958) pg 93
"'Culture' has been heavily compromised... Many reached for their chequebooks; now a growing number, now, reach for the latest bit of argot" - Williams, Culture is ordinary (1958) pg 94
"A desire to know what is best, and to do what is good, is the whole positive nature of man." Williams, Culture is ordinary (1958) pg 95
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