Apocalypse Postponed: Essays by Umberto Eco

by Umberto Eco and Eco

Book Overview

An erudite and witty collection of Umberto Eco's essays on mass culture from the 1960s through the 1980s, including major pieces which have not been translated into English before. The discussion is framed by opposing characterizations of current intellectuals as apocalyptic and opposed to all mass culture, or as integrated intellectuals, so much a part of mass culture as to be unaware of serving it. Organized in four main parts, "Mass Culture:...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253318513
• ISBN13: 9780253318510
• Release Date: November 2000
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.3"