Download or read book The End of Culture written by Eric Lawrence Gans and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gans demonstrates that human representation—language, ritual, art—could only have originated as an event taking place on a scene present to the consciousness of its participants. This volume lays the foundation for an important revision of our understanding of cultural achievement.