Cultural Amnesia: America's Future and the Crisis of MemoryBloomsbury Academic, 28 de fev. de 2000 - 192 páginas According to Bertman, just as an individual needs memories to maintain a sense of personal identity, so does a nation need them in order to survive. Like Alzheimer victims, however, today's Americans are rapidly losing a consciousness of history, and with it, a sense of national identity and direction. |
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... higher education only teaches the " who , " " what , " " where , " and " when " of our common heritage without also pointing out the " why , " it will have failed to instruct students in the meaning of their humanity . And yet it is in ...
... Higher Education , January 13 , 1995 , A35 . Well over a million volumes were turned to ashes . 51. Ibid . See also Ivan Lovrenovic , " The Hatred of Memory , " New York Times , May 28 , 1994 , Y15 , national edition . 52. Roger Cohen ...
... Higher Education , ” ibid . , 269–274 . 103. The divisive effects of multiculturalist policy can be observed in Canada , where it has been enshrined in the federal constitution since 1982. See Mark I. Schwartz , " What Multiculturalism ...
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Prologue The Land of the Lotuseaters | 1 |
Cultural Amnesia | 5 |
Memory and Personal Identity | 19 |
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