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The Twilight of American Culture

The Twilight of American Culture Trade paperback - 2001

by Berman, Morris

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An emerging cult classic about America's cultural meltdown--and a surprising solution. A prophetic examination of Western decline, "The Twilight of American Culture" provides one of the most caustic and surprising portraits of American society--and corporate mass mind culture-- to date.

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New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2001. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 5x0x8. Signed by author. First printing. Signed by author on title page with inscription, "For David, with kind regards." Light stain along base. 2001 Trade Paperback. 205 pp. A prophetic examination of Western decline, The Twilight of American Culture provides one of the most caustic and surprising portraits of American society to date. Whether examining the corruption at the heart of modern politics, the "Rambification" of popular entertainment, or the collapse of our school systems, Morris Berman suspects that there is little we can do as a society to arrest the onset of corporate Mass Mind culture. Citing writers as diverse as de Toqueville and DeLillo, he cogently argues that cultural preservation is a matter of individual conscience, and discusses how classical learning might triumph over political correctness with the rise of a "a new monastic individual"―a person who, much like the medieval monk, is willing to retreat from conventional society in order to preserve its literary and historical treasures.
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  • Title The Twilight of American Culture
  • Author Berman, Morris
  • Binding Trade Paperback
  • Edition 1st Printing
  • Condition Used - Very Good
  • Pages 224
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher W.W. Norton & Company, New York
  • Date 2001
  • Features Index, Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 2337675
  • ISBN 9780393321692 / 039332169X
  • Weight 0.65 lbs (0.29 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.7 in (21.59 x 13.97 x 1.78 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 20th Century
  • Library of Congress subjects United States - Civilization - 1970-, Popular culture - United States
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2006283294
  • Dewey Decimal Code 973.92

From the publisher

Originally published: 2000. Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-193) and index.

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  • New York Times, 07/22/2001, Page 28

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