Culture is a concept that includes a refining and elevating ... - Edward Said

"Culture is a concept that includes a refining and elevating element, a general process of intellectual, spiritual and aesthetic development."

Edward Said Art

Literary Critic, Theorist Palestinian-American 1935–2003

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