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A Culture in Transition
Here are the opening paragraphs of a book written by a thoughtful American philosopher and cultural observer. I won’t give you his name or the date of the book. Your job as you read these words is to guess when … Continue reading
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Tagged Cultural Change, Cultural Transition, End of an Era, Modern and Post-Modern
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Kenneth Clark’s Warning (1969)
Time and again, when reading of recent or ancient warnings about the dangers of a society in transition, I find words which describe today’s America and today’s president with awful prescience. This evening I’ve been looking over one of my … Continue reading
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Tagged Cultural Change, Enlightenment, Immigrants, Kenneth Clark, Trump, Yeats
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We’re in the Third Revolution!
“But there are few periods in the history of western civilization – I would venture to say not more than two, unless our own age should prove to be a third – in which the transition from the preceding to … Continue reading
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Tagged Bonhoeffer, Cultural Change, Enlightenment, renaissance
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We’re in the Third Revolution!
“But there are few periods in the history of western civilization – I would venture to say not more than two, unless our own age should prove to be a third – in which the transition from the preceding to … Continue reading
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Tagged Bonhoeffer, Change, Cultural Change, Enlightenment, Iron Age, renaissance, Revolution
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Downton Abbey
One of the Christmas gifts I received is the set of Downton Abbey DVDs. I am really delighted because I’ve found it to be an extraordinary series for a number of reasons. The storyline itself is interesting (more on that … Continue reading
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Tagged Cultural Change, Downton, English History
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The Dangers of Cultural Change
Ned Ludd, says the legend, wasn’t too bright but he knew what he liked and didn’t like. And he didn’t like those new-fangled machines that made socks. So he broke into someone’s house and broke two of them, thus making … Continue reading
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