The reputation things have in society often change on the basis of how we precieve them. In our world, if something is considered of high calibre, It is often considered great and vis-a-versa.
So, lets talk about high culture today- what exactly is it? Who all are a part of this culture? Is it better then low culture?, and so on!
High culture encompasses the cultural objects of aesthetic value, which a society collectively esteem as exemplary art, and the intellectual works of philosophy, history, art and literature that a society consider representative of their culture. In easy words, high culture refers to a set of cultural products or activities that are held really high esteem by society.In the past, high culture may have existed for the pleasure of the elite or the aristrocratic. Ususally, they are in form of arts. From classical music to operas, from marble statues to illustrations in chapels, these are all part of high culture because they are associated with intelligence, finery, art.
High culture is often considered a legacy,the product of past stages of our society. It is considered to be ineradicably assosiated with the ruling or the elite class of our society which is why it is now being replaced by popular culture . As it is being noticed that by the passage of time the difference between high and low culture is becoming somewhat blur. Elite classes are now probably listening to pop music whereas the lower class might be interested in learning belle. Who knows if Prince Harry is already edicted Ke$ha, and what if there’s in boy in some slum area reading Shakespeare’s Hemlet right now?
Even I As a kid enjoyed reading Dickens and Jane Austen whereas i even enjoyed reading The Diary of a Wimpy Kid as well as Goosebumps series. So who is to say which culture do i belong to?
What I’m trying to say here is that high culture is just a little bit more intellectually challenging and fancy-sounding but it doesnot necessarily mean that it can be put on a pedestal above the low culture .
So, pick a product and like it, keep it, or change it, just don’t demean a culture just because you are not that into it.
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