According to Andrew Milner, which three of Williams's early meanings of 'culture' survive in Keywords?
- A. A general state or habit of the individual mind
- B. The general state of intellectual development of a whole society
- C. The general body of the arts
- D. A whole way of life of a group or people
- E. Elitism
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Correct answer: B. B, C and D only
Explanation
Culture and Society (1958) lists four senses: an individual habit of mind, a society's intellectual development, the arts, and a whole way of life. Milner notes that Keywords (1976) keeps the last three and drops the first.
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