Concept information
Preferred term
Genteel Tradition
Definition
- Term coined by philosopher George Santayana 1911; refers to American social thought favoring an older "aristocratic" Europeanized culture of high ideas and moralism (as opposed to realism), and a literary/cultural approach to work favoring tradition over innovation, beauty over import
Notation
- 117895
In other languages
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French
URI
http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JLC-SK99ZLK9-T
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