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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... courses.1 These courses were intended to teach students about the values , including democracy , they might someday have to defend on the battlefield . Columbia University's course became a model for others around the na- tion . In fact ...
America's Future and the Crisis of Memory Stephen Bertman. required course . Based on a concept originally introduced in 1921 by pro- fessor of English , John Erskine , the new course was based on masterpieces of Western literature.5 ...
... course , see the bibliography provided by Denby , Great Books . 6. For the enduring ability of these courses to provoke introspection , note critic and Columbia alumnus David Denby's experience when he returned to his alma mater to read ...
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Prologue The Land of the Lotuseaters | 1 |
Cultural Amnesia | 5 |
Memory and Personal Identity | 19 |
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