The book of A. V. Kukarkin, a senior researcher at the Institute of Philosophy of the USSR Academy of Sciences, "Bourgeois Society and Culture" is written in the genre of documentary journalism. It contains articles and statements of foreign figures, manifestos and other materials accompanied by author's comments, including numerous photo illustrations. These documentary evidence combine to create a broad panorama of the modern state of the various areas of the spiritual life of the capitalist world, flowing under the shadow of monopolies. For clarity, most of the documents are highlighted in a set of two columns.