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Peer reviewedKarier, Clarence J. – Journal of Aesthetic Education, 1990
Considers how literary critic, George Steiner, explores the failure of Western Civilization to humanize humanity. Analyzes Steiner's ultimately elitist model of culture to shed light on implications of his brutal paradox in which Nazism's death camps are juxtaposed to high culture. Theorizes about the possibilities of a culture inclusive of all…
Descriptors: Cultural Context, Culture, Elitism, European History
