philistinism

Cronshaw was astute enough to know that the young man disapproved of him, and he attacked his philistinism with an irony which was sometimes playful but often very keen.

"It is the same, more or less, with all European countries, but the Saxon temperament, with its mixture of philosophy and philistinism, more than any other, gravitates towards the life mechanical.

Byron's personality, for instance, was terribly wasted in its battle with the stupidity, and hypocrisy, and Philistinism of the English.

"This casual and reckless action of throwing away these items is typical of the cultural philistinism of the current administration.

There was certainly no need to have resorted to politics of Machiavellianism, philistinism and apacheism in a glaringly unconstitutional inauguration of a microscopic minority and thus estranging the majority members-elect of the Edo State House of Assembly from the process and expect it won't provoke a situation of political and sociological topsy-turvydom.

Could anything better illustrate the Philistinism and Chauvinism into which Britain is descending in these dark times?

This is a relatively recent phenomenon, and would probably have startled Herbert Furst when, in the January 1945 issue of Apollo, he wrote a somewhat tongue-in-cheek article defending philistinism.

I strongly believe that monetary assistance alone cannot solve problems of artists in a society where philistinism prevails at every level,' he said.

Culture and heritage are very low on the list of Kirklees Council priorities and Ravensknowle Museum looks like being the next casualty of this philistinism.

Participants of the meeting also admired Mohammad Azam Khan, chief secretary of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa who had initiated the work on drafting a well thought cultural policy for the people who had suffered great losses to militancy and philistinism.

who had suffered great losses to militancy and philistinism. The meeting pledged CJF would continue to

Indeed, already in the period around the critical Rectoral Address, he writes that "pure philistinism comes to power and impedes the emergence of any creative, forward-pressing basic attunement, eliminates every possibility of genuine spiritual struggle ...