EPISODE · Jan 4, 2017 · 30 MIN

Episode 18: Culture

from Words for Granted - An etymology and linguistics podcast

According to literary critic Raymond Williams, culture is 'one of two or three most complicated words in the English language.' Today's narrative traces the word's unexpected origins as a farming term to its social and anthropological senses today. Along the way, we'll explore many different perspectives on what a 'culture' really is is.

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