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The Sensual Culture in Commercialized Civilization

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Concerned with consumption and sensual satisfaction to the neglect of conceptual culture, commercialization leads to cultural integration dominated by the powerful American culture.

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Notes

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    “…an underground strength”: Fredric Jameson, The Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism, Joint Publishing Company and Oxford University Press, 1997, p. 418.

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    “…global cultural hegemony”: He Jiadong, “Typical Text of Cultural Unconsciousness”, Strategy and Management, May, 1997.

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Xin, Q. (2019). The Sensual Culture in Commercialized Civilization. In: A Brief History of Human Culture in the 20th Century. China Academic Library. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-9973-2_3

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