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The critic Raymond Williams, in his souped-up dictionary, \u201cKeywords,\u201d writes that \u201cculture\u201d has three divergent meanings: there\u2019s culture as a process of individual enrichment, as when we say that someone is \u201ccultured\u201d (in 1605, Francis Bacon wrote about \u201cthe culture and manurance of minds\u201d); culture as a group\u2019s \u201cparticular way of life,\u201d as when we talk about French culture, company culture, or multiculturalism; and culture as an activity, pursued by means of the museums, concerts, books, and movies that might be encouraged by a Ministry of Culture <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/culture\/cultural-comment\/meaning-culture?mbid=social_facebook\">&#8230;READ MORE<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It goes without saying that \u201cculture\u201d is a confusing word, this year or any year. 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