...notably the erosion of the older distinction between high culture and so-called mass or popular culture. This is perhaps the most distressing development of...elite culture against the surrounding environment of philist inism , of schlock and kitsch, of TV series and Reader's Digest culture, and in transmitting...

...the boundary that some intellectuals put between elite culture and mass culture. In this respect, he writes: This is perhaps the most distressing development...had a vested interest in preserving a realm of high art or elite culture against the surrounding environment of philistinism, of schlock and kitsch, of...