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- catalog abstract ""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.".
- catalog contributor b11684146.
- catalog coverage "United States Civilization 1970-".
- catalog coverage "United States Social conditions 1980-".
- catalog created "c2000.".
- catalog date "2000".
- catalog date "c2000.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2000.".
- catalog description ""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.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-193) and index.".
- catalog description "Introduction: The American crisis -- Collapse, or Transformation? -- The monastic option -- Intermezzo: The testimony of literature -- The dialectic of enlightenment -- The monastic option in the Twenty-First Century -- Alternative visions.".
- catalog extent "xiv, 205 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0393048799".
- catalog issued "2000".
- catalog issued "c2000.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Norton,".
- catalog spatial "Europe".
- catalog spatial "United States Civilization 1970-".
- catalog spatial "United States Social conditions 1980-".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "973.92 21".
- catalog subject "Corporations United States Sociological aspects.".
- catalog subject "E169.12 .B394 2000".
- catalog subject "Education, Humanistic United States Philosophy.".
- catalog subject "Mass society.".
- catalog subject "Monastic and religious life Europe History Middle Ages, 600-1500.".
- catalog subject "Monastic and religious life History Middle Ages, 600-1500.".
- catalog subject "Popular culture United States.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction: The American crisis -- Collapse, or Transformation? -- The monastic option -- Intermezzo: The testimony of literature -- The dialectic of enlightenment -- The monastic option in the Twenty-First Century -- Alternative visions.".
- catalog title "The twilight of American culture / Morris Berman.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".