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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... ignorance of geographical and historical facts combined with a widespread ignorance of concepts and concluded the two are connected . Said Stein : " The kids I saw ( and there may be lots of oth- ers who are different ) are not mentally ...
... ignorance . Rather than feel embar- rassed or be surprised by how little they knew , they really didn't seem to care ... ignorant never helps , it occurred to me that she may have had a point . Many of my students have already planned ...
... ignorance of , 6–8 General education , 96 Germany , 63 Gershwin , George , 107 Gibbon , Edward , 68-69 Government , ignorance of , 9 , 76–77 Graduates : college , 113 ; high school , 113 Great Books , 95-99 , 102 , 106 , 153 n.14 , 155 ...
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Prologue The Land of the Lotuseaters | 1 |
Cultural Amnesia | 5 |
Memory and Personal Identity | 19 |
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