E.N. Shapinskaya. Mass culture: Theories and practices. – М.: Soglasie PH, 2017. – 386 pp.

The Monograph of Doctor of Philosophy, Professor E.N. Shapinskaya is devoted to reflections on how the mass culture changes, how the whole culture changes as a whole with the advent of the Internet epoch, how social changes affect the sphere of culture and how it influences On intellectual reflection. Collected and analyzed material is of interest to understand the dynamics of mass culture, since its formation in the era of industrial society and to the present day, where culture is increasingly becoming a realm of virtual, where all the achievements Humanity is available in one click, where communication takes place in many ways through visual images, and the texts of classical works are reduced to the size Brochures. The book consists three sections. Theories of mass culture in their historical dynamics is devoted to the first section of the book. In The second section deals with the practice of mass culture. The third section presents a very important problem-the fate of the works of "high culture" in the space of culture.

The monograph is addressed to researchers of culture, students, undergraduates, studying on a speciality "theory and History of Culture", will allow to expand the idea of masskulte and to take a fresh look at some of its texts and artifacts.