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In 2015, two events highlighted the state of Western culture today: the premier of the film “Star Wars: The Force Awakens,” and the publication of the book Notes on the Death of Culture: Essays on Spectacle and Society , by Mario Vargas Llosa. Notes on the Death of Culture is a brilliant and challenging work that argues for the vital importance of high culture in human flourishing and the health of societies. “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” is a piece of junk that serves as a prime example of the cultural collapse Llosa describes in his autopsy.
With amazing lucidity, Llosa drives to the heart of a devastating problem in the West: the erosion of genuine culture. While culture can certainly encompass comic books, movies, and pop songs—I love all three—increasingly we have lost sight of, and appreciation for, the more complex and challenging works of art that can more […]
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