This document provides biographical information about Raymond Williams and summarizes his influential definitions of culture and society. It notes that Williams was a Welsh Marxist theorist, academic, novelist and critic born in 1921 who is considered the father of cultural studies. It discusses some of his major works and then summarizes his assertion that culture consists of a whole way of life as well as the arts. The document also provides Williams' definition of society as a group of people living together and sharing norms and values. It concludes by quoting Williams that culture is one of the most complicated words in the English language.

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..