Francis Mulhern is Professor of Critical Studies at the University of Middlesex. He is author of The Moment of Scrutiny (1979) and The Present Lasts a Long Time (1998).

'This book is both informative and illuminating in the ways in which it explores the changing definitions of 'culture'.' - Angela Werndly, Years Work in Critical Cultural Theory

• Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Against Mass Civilization 2. In the Wars 3. Welfare? 4. A Reckoning

Francis Mulhern is Professor of Critical Studies at the University of Middlesex. He is author of The Moment of Scrutiny (1979) and The Present Lasts a Long Time (1998).

'This book is both informative and illuminating in the ways in which it explores the changing definitions of 'culture'.' - Angela Werndly, Years Work in Critical Cultural Theory

• Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Against Mass Civilization 2. In the Wars 3. Welfare? 4. A Reckoning

Francis Mulhern is Professor of Critical Studies at the University of Middlesex. He is author of The Moment of Scrutiny (1979) and The Present Lasts a Long Time (1998).

'This book is both informative and illuminating in the ways in which it explores the changing definitions of 'culture'.' - Angela Werndly, Years Work in Critical Cultural Theory

• Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Against Mass Civilization 2. In the Wars 3. Welfare? 4. A Reckoning