ANTC18H3 Lecture 2: Week 2 Readings
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Raymond williams: the country and the city. In english, country is both a nation and a part of a land ; the country can be the whole society of its rural area. Achievement of human society: city; distinctive form of civilization. The country has gathered the idea of a natural way of life: of peace, innocence, and simple virtue. The city has gathered the idea of an achieved centre: of learning, communication, light. The industrial revolution not only transformed both city and country; it was based on a highly developed agrarian capitalism, with a very early disappearance of the traditional peasantry. The relation of country and city is not only an objective problem and histroy, but has been and still is for many millions of people a direct and intense preoccupation and experience. This country life then has many meanings: in feeling and activity; in region and in time.
