The twilight of American culture
Morris Berman.
by Morris Berman
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"Whether examining the corruption at the heart of modern politics, the "Rambification" of popular entertainment or the collapse of our school systems, Berman's analysis makes it clear that there is little we can do as a society to stave off the relentless momentum of the mass-mind culture that grows with each gargantuan corporate merger. Our only recourse, he argues, is cultural preservation, which is a matter of individual conscience, including a refusal to base our lives on profit or consumerism. The possibility for long-term cultural renewal lies in the emergence of a "new monastic individual" not unlike the movement that developed during the early Middle Ages, and that managed to preserve a few precious treasures in anticipation of a new cultural dawn. Twilight of American Culture is a provocative reflection on present dilemmas and future possibilities."--Jacket.
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Sociological aspects of Corporations, Mass society, Sociological aspects, Popular culture, Philosophy, Civilization, Humanistic Education, Social conditions, Corporations, Monastic and religious life, History, Culturele waarden, Cultuur, Popular culture, united states, Corporations, united states, Education, humanistic, United states, civilization, 1970-, United states, social conditions, 1980-, Civilization, modern, 1950-, United states, social life and customs, Civilisation, Culture populaire, Société de masse, Vie religieuse et monastique, Histoire, Éducation humaniste, Philosophie, Middle AgesPlaces
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The twilight of American culture
2001, Norton
in English
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The twilight of American culture: Morris Berman.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-193) and index.
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A prophetic examination of Western decline, The Twilight of American Culture provides one of the most caustic and surprising portraits of American society to date. Whether examining the corruption at the heart of modern politics, the "Rambification" of popular entertainment, or the collapse of our school systems, Morris Berman suspects that there is little we can do as a society to arrest the onset of corporate Mass Mind culture. Citing writers as diverse as de Toqueville and DeLillo, he cogently argues that cultural preservation is a matter of individual conscience, and discusses how classical learning might triumph over political correctness with the rise of a "a new monastic individual"―a person who, much like the medieval monk, is willing to retreat from conventional society in order to preserve its literary and historical treasures. "Brilliantly observant, deeply thoughtful ....lucidly argued."―Christian Science Monitor
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