We all like to think of ourselves as a standard, and I can see that it is genuinely difficult for the English middle class to suppose that the working class is not desperately anxious to become just like itself. I am afraid this must be unlearned.
The real dividing line between things we call work and the things we call leisure is that in leisure, however active we may be, we make our own choic… - Raymond Williams
The real dividing line between things we call work and the things we call leisure is that in leisure, however active we may be, we make our own choic…
- Raymond Williams
A very large part of English middle-class education is devoted to the training of servants...In so far as it is, by definition, the training of upper… - Raymond Williams
A very large part of English middle-class education is devoted to the training of servants...In so far as it is, by definition, the training of upper…
There are no masses; there are only ways of seeing people as masses - Raymond Williams
There are no masses; there are only ways of seeing people as masses
Every aspect of personal life is radically affected by the quality of general life, and yet the general life is seen at its most important in complet… - Raymond Williams
Every aspect of personal life is radically affected by the quality of general life, and yet the general life is seen at its most important in complet…
The idea of nature contains, though often unnoticed, an extraordinary amount of human history. - Raymond Williams
The idea of nature contains, though often unnoticed, an extraordinary amount of human history.
Culture is one of the two or three most complicated words in the English language. - Raymond Williams
Culture is one of the two or three most complicated words in the English language.
The gap between our feelings and our social observation is dangerously wide. - Raymond Williams
The gap between our feelings and our social observation is dangerously wide.
A contrast between country and city, as fundamental ways of life, reaches back into classical times. - Raymond Williams
A contrast between country and city, as fundamental ways of life, reaches back into classical times.
We all like to think of ourselves as a standard, and I can see that it is genuinely difficult for the English middle class to suppose that the workin… - Raymond Williams
We all like to think of ourselves as a standard, and I can see that it is genuinely difficult for the English middle class to suppose that the workin…
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