logo
Wrong email address or username
Wrong email address or username
Incorrect verification code
The Twilight of American Culture - Morris Berman
The Twilight of American Culture
by: (author)
3.33 15
An emerging cult classic about America's cultural meltdown—and a surprising solution.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... show more
An emerging cult classic about America's cultural meltdown—and a surprising solution.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
show less
Format: paperback
ISBN: 9780393321692 (039332169X)
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Pages no: 224
Edition language: English
Series: Decline of the American Empire (#1)
Bookstores:
Community Reviews
SJane
SJane rated it
This was intereting and certainly on target. I found it, however, a bit disappointing that as it criticizes self-help books, it goes on to dole out advice in a similar way. Still, definitely worth picking up and nodding along to, and nodding and nodding....
Other editions (5)
Books by Morris Berman
On shelves
Share this Book
Need help?