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The twilight of American culture / : Morris Berman

By:

Berman, Morris

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : Norton , c2006.Description: xviii, 204 p. ; 21 cmISBN:

9780393321692

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

973.92 BER

Abstract: 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

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Libro - Monografía	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C.	973.92 BER (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		026728

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

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