The distinction between the world of commerce and that of "culture” quickly became the distinction between infrastructure and superstructure, with the former clearly determining the latter. (Allan Bloom)

The distinction between the world of commerce and that of "culture” quickly became the distinction between infrastructure and superstructure, with the former clearly determining the latter.

Allan Bloom

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