Cultural amnesia : America's future and the crisis of memory
"Applying the metaphor of Alzheimer's disease to our national state of mind, Bertman offers a chilling prognosis for our country's future unless radical steps for recovery are taken. ... [He] looks beyond the classroom to the larger social forces that conspire to alienate Americans from their past: a materialistic creed that celebrates transience and disposability, and an electronic faith that worships the present to the exclusion of all other dimensions of time."--Jacket
176 pages ; 24 cm
9780275962302, 027596230X
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PrologueCultural AmnesiaMemory and Personal IdentityMemory and CivilizationThe Power of OblivionWhy America ForgotNational TherapyHome RemediesA Nation of AmnesiacsEpilogueIndex