The twilight of American culture / : Morris Berman
Berman, Morris
The twilight of American culture / : Morris Berman - New York : Norton , c2006. - xviii, 204 p. ; 21 cm.
Originally published: 2000.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-193) and index.
Berman, an innovative cultural historian and social critic, offers an engaging account of our cultural decline. He reminds us of the persistence of the gap between rich and poor, the decline of functional literacy, and the antipathy our culture has toward anything intellectual. He explains how Enlightenment success devolved from free rational inquiry to laissez-faire commercialism to consumer emptiness, and argues for the refusal to base our lives on profit. The author has held visiting professorships in the US and Europe. Annotation copyrighted by Book News Inc., Portland, OR
9780393321692
2006283294
Popular culture---United States
Corporations---United States---Social aspects
Mass society
Monastic and religious life---History---Europe---Middle Ages, 600-1500
Education, Humanistic---Philosophy---United States
United States---Civilization---20th century
English teachers---United States----Biography
973.92 BER
The twilight of American culture / : Morris Berman - New York : Norton , c2006. - xviii, 204 p. ; 21 cm.
Originally published: 2000.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-193) and index.
Berman, an innovative cultural historian and social critic, offers an engaging account of our cultural decline. He reminds us of the persistence of the gap between rich and poor, the decline of functional literacy, and the antipathy our culture has toward anything intellectual. He explains how Enlightenment success devolved from free rational inquiry to laissez-faire commercialism to consumer emptiness, and argues for the refusal to base our lives on profit. The author has held visiting professorships in the US and Europe. Annotation copyrighted by Book News Inc., Portland, OR
9780393321692
2006283294
Popular culture---United States
Corporations---United States---Social aspects
Mass society
Monastic and religious life---History---Europe---Middle Ages, 600-1500
Education, Humanistic---Philosophy---United States
United States---Civilization---20th century
English teachers---United States----Biography
973.92 BER
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