Stardust has been added to the protests by the intervention of Philip Pullman, the novelist and former schoolteacher, whose impassioned speech against the "philistinism" of the proposed closures has circulated widely on the net. ❋ Sam Leith (2011)
Although he professed an INTELLECTUAL appreciation for the ideals of the French REVOLUTION, he was shocked by DEMOCRACY in America and propounded a sophisticated snobbery in the guise of an attack on the "philistinism" of the English middle classes. ❋ Unknown (1993)
With great exasperation and often depression he expressed little hope that his country would ever emerge out of its "philistinism" and embrace "rational" ideas such as he propagated. ❋ Tr (1888)
The story no longer affected either of them, and to worry oneself about it was mere "philistinism," a favourite term with ❋ George Gissing (1880)
On the one hand, art and culture have become reified to the extent that it is almost impossible to compare them with other areas of public policy without the charge of, at best, misunderstanding or, at worst, philistinism. ❋ Unknown (2011)
Translator William Radice thinks that Tagore's willingness to tackle the big questions, heart on sleeve, has made him vulnerable to "philistinism or contempt". ❋ Unknown (2011)
But even without a spending pledge, Sarkozy's self-created reputation for vigorous philistinism was, for a long time, a gift to anyone who had ever read a cereal packet. ❋ Unknown (2011)
I read it yesterday in a matter of hours and found it a little comic gem, but also an astute satire into the roots of philistinism. ❋ Unknown (2009)
When she was there she told anyone who would listen that they should go to London's art galleries to become freedom fighters against capitalism, consumerism and philistinism. ❋ Unknown (2011)
Each chapter is reflected through the perspective of a different acquaintance of Miles; none knows him well, but each has had a pivotal encounter with him, and several were at the fateful dinner party, which is described in a burlesque set-piece at the novel's centre, sending up middle-class philistinism, complacency and cruelty. ❋ Unknown (2011)
"Notes on 'Camp,'" along with a companion essay called "Against Interpretation," vaunted style over content: "The idea of content," Ms. Sontag wrote, "is today merely a hindrance, a subtle or not so subtle philistinism." ❋ Joseph Epstein (2011)
In the happy time when the fate of this particular building was still uncertain, with English Heritage describing it as a "spike through the heart of historic London", and most of the public saying they were against very tall buildings, its supporters deftly aligned critics with the Prince Charles school of Toytown philistinism. ❋ Unknown (2011)
Unless we can trace his glib philistinism to a weakness for Jeffrey Archer. ❋ Unknown (2011)
Now the novice's authority is such that all academe must submit to his unapologetic philistinism. ❋ Catherine Bennett (2010)
New Labour is no stranger to philistinism, but this really would be an appalling legacy. ❋ Unknown (2010)
