[Culture is] "the best which has been thought and said." Matthew Arnold, Culture and Anarchy Culture and Anarchy (1869) by Matthew Arnold describes one of two major theories of culture that emerged in nineteenthcentury England. It is based on the authors Oxford lectures which articulated a theory of culture that continues to influence thinking about the value of teaching the humanities. Arnolds book reflected the public mood of his time and encouraged his readers to engage in selfanalysis and selfcriticism. Defining culture in idealist terms (as something to strive for) Arnold popularized his concerns about the state of English society by using his natural wit and dividing the English into three classesthe Barbarians, the Philistines, and the Populace. Fundamentally, however, his concern was with basic questions about what culture really is, what good it can do, and whether it is really necessary.

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