Problems of inter-cultural interaction in the works of founders of the British "cultural studies"

Conceptual issues of the creative work of the founders of the British «Cultural Studies» R. Hogart, R. Williams, E.T. Thompson are analysed in the article. Special attention is paid to the problems of every-day life of ordinary people, «renewed» Marxizm, direct observation, opposition of traditional British culture (culture of the working class) to modern commercial, decadent, global mass culture spreading from the USA.