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Culture critic Matthew Arnold (1822-1888) identified culture with “aesthetic excellence” when he defined culture as the best of what is said and thought in the world in all matters that most concern us, or the best that has been thought and known. This approach, which regards culture as equivalent to intellectual and artistic activities and ideas, considers culture to be a synonym for high culture in the duality of high culture and popular culture. Thus, cultural forms that may not be directly, but are indirectly more popular, are not considered “culture”. In this sense, culture can be used as a name for the best, the most beautiful, or the most magnificent products of a society or civilization. Classical music, art, and literature can be articulated as the examples of this group. Culture can also be used as an adjective in relation to aesthetics and intellectual sensitivity. However, the identification of culture with high culture is regarded as an elitist perspective by some approaches because it labels other cultural forms as “low culture” (or popular culture).