{Culture}[28th November 1969]

[Redbook1:106][19691128:0010]{Culture}[28th November 1969]

Friday, 28th November, 12.10 a.m.

            I have just been to a debate on "can pop and culture ever meet?"  The meeting practically never got down to brass tacks of any sort, largely owing to the difficulties encountered in defining “culture”.  I was tempted to speak myself, but I had not quite got my ideas straight at that stage, and we had to leave early.

            Culture could be defined as the way man sees his environment, especially his human environment, as shown in his actions, and in particular by those of his actions which are not essential to his physical survival.

            This would include those parts of Pop produced not with the prime intention of making money from the mass market, but to satisfy some need for self-expression in the producer.

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