Question

Juan is a college student who loves poetry and art and says he is becoming more cultured as he pursues a broad and pure knowledge of the world. his way of using the culture concept is no longer used by sociologists today. whose view of culture is juan emulating?

Answer 1

Juan is emulating the Matthew Arnold's view of culture. According  the English poet and cultural critic Matthew Arnold a person is becoming more cultured as he pursues a broad and pure knowledge of the world. His best known book is "Culture and Anarchy" (1869).

Answer 2

This way of using the culture concept is no longer used by sociologists today and this view of culture that Juan emulating belongs to Matthew Arnold. He is from England and a literary critique of great repute and he is a man who he is known for both poetry and prose equally.