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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... Cultural Amnesia addresses this issue , combining psychological in- sights into the nature of memory with perspectives on the meaning of de- mocracy and its prospects . It argues that cultural amnesia , like Alzheimer's disease , is an ...
... cultural memory is different from personal memory in two ways . Instead of representing the memory of a single ... cultural memory requires trans- mission — from person to person , and century to century . Unlike the vivid personal ...
... Cultural literacy , Hirsch says , is critical for the efficacy and survival of democracy . The civic importance of cultural literacy lies in the fact that true en- franchisement depends upon knowledge , knowledge upon literacy , and ...
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Prologue The Land of the Lotuseaters | 1 |
Cultural Amnesia | 5 |
Memory and Personal Identity | 19 |
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