Raymond Williams and his influential definition of Culture and Society

1. Name: Dhapa Jetal Ashokbhai
Sem -2
Subject: English paper no.8
Topic: Raymond Williams and his influential
definition of culture and society.
Year : 2018/20
Roll no : 12
Email: jetaldhapa@gmail.com
Enrolment no: 2069108420190012
Submit: S.B. Gardi Department of English
MaharajaKrishanakumarsinhji
Bhavnagar University

2. Raymond Williams …. (1921-1988)
 Raymond Henry Williams
was a born 31 August 1921
and he was a died on 26
January 1988.
 He was a welsh Marxist,
theorist,acadamic ,novelist
and critic.
 His work laid the
foundations for the failed of
cultural studies and the
cultural materialist
approach. He father of
cultural studies.

3. His Work….
 Novels
1) Border country publish in 1960.
2) Second Generation publish in 1988.
Literary and criticism :
1) Culture and society publish in
2) The long revolution publish in 1961.
 Short stories :
1) Red Earth
 Drama :
1) Koba

4. According to R.Williams
what is culture?
 Raymond Williams assertion that
culture is a ‘whole way of life’
formed the basis of his 1958 work
culture and society..
 R.William’s understands culture
as being made of two separate
components the first donates a
whole way of life, the second
refers to the arts and learning .
 Cultural studies is a field of
theoretically, politically, and
empirically engaged cultural
analysis that concentrates upon
the political dynamics of
contemporary culture, its
historical foundations, defining
traits, conflicts, and
contingencies.

5. What is society ?
 Society is defined as a group of
people living as a community or
an organized group of people for a
common purpose. A society can
also consist of like –minded
people governed by their own
norms and and values within a
dominant ,larger society.
 A society is a group of individuals
involved in president ,or a large
social group sharing the same
geographical or social territory
,typically subject to the same
political authority and dominant
cultural expectations.


6. Conclusion …..
 Here we can find some major point of Raymond
William he was a best writer about cultural then we
understand better by his ideal work is ‘cultural and
society’.
 And last “ culture is one of the two or three most
complicated words in the English language.”
 -By Raymond Williams..