Cultural Amnesia: America's Future and the Crisis of MemoryBloomsbury Academic, 28 de fev. de 2000 - 176 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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... civilization was associated with the invention of writing and the development of a vocabulary whose preci- sion was matched to society's own complexity . The birth of civilization was also associated with the creation of a literature in ...
... civilization . Civilization's most distinguishing traits were its social complexity and wealth , a wealth based on agricultural abundance.4 Power was vested in kings who ruled populous nation - states maintained by armies and enlarged ...
... civilization . The Latin language , the language of pagan Rome , be- came the language of the Catholic Church . The basilica , originally a Roman gathering hall , became the architectural model for places of worship . And during the ...
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Prologue The Land of the Lotuseaters | 1 |
Cultural Amnesia | 5 |
Memory and Personal Identity | 19 |
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