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Saturday, September 30, 2006

Interlude: Dark Ages America Part-9

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Continued from Part-8. 12. Berman's book also has an interesting discussion concerning various trends and movements in the field of urb...
Tuesday, September 26, 2006

Interlude: Dark Ages America Part-8

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Continued from Part-7. 11a. Suburbia is also discussed in depth by Berman. He believes that America typically has less public space because...
Sunday, September 24, 2006

Interlude: Dark Ages America Part-7

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Continued from Part-6. 10. The topic of Car Culture is discussed in Berman's book as well. He views the American Car Culture, not as a...
Friday, September 22, 2006

Interlude: Dark Ages America Part-6

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Continued from Part-5. 9. Berman devotes considerable energy to the topic of roads not taken. As an historian, the author presents an inter...
Wednesday, September 20, 2006

Interlude: Dark Ages America Part-5

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Continued from Part-4. 7. The next topic Berman touches upon is the American Empire. a. The author maintains that the conflict with the Sov...
Sunday, September 17, 2006

Interlude: Dark Ages America Part-4

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Continued from Part-3 5. The author also explores Economic matters: a. The role of technology is discussed. Although Berman does not use th...
Saturday, September 16, 2006

On This Modern Warrior Archetype Part Six.7.4

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7d. Isolation may be encouraged and even embraced . Fear is a component of most Verbal Worlds . Manipulation may be active or passive. An...
Wednesday, September 13, 2006

On This Modern Warrior Archetype Part Six.7.3

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7c. Once the future has been assuredly compromised by historical events beyond one’s control, only a few broad choices remain. One may ignor...
Monday, September 11, 2006

Interlude: Dark Ages America Part-3

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Continued from Part-2 4a. The author writes at length concerning a concept called "Liquid Modernity" (LM). LM is basically the p...
Saturday, September 09, 2006

Interlude: Dark Ages America Part-2

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Continued from Part-1 Now, to elaborate on actual points and themes from Dark Ages America itself: 1. Collapse is inevitable, but can be mi...
Wednesday, September 06, 2006

On This Modern Warrior Archetype Part Six.7.2

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7b. When culture and society converge towards unity, the result is either narrow greatness or broad stagnation. Both states lack certain n...
Monday, September 04, 2006

On This Modern Warrior Archetype Part Six.7.1

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7a. Whether one is a product of a society and/or culture afflicted by the universal urge towards Maximum Advantage in all Things, actions sp...
Saturday, September 02, 2006

Interlude: Dark Ages America Part-1

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As a follow up to my Review of The Twilight of American Culture , as promised, I will now review Dark Ages America by Morris Berman. As p...
Wednesday, August 30, 2006

On This Modern Warrior Archetype Part Six.6.11

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6k. As the old saying goes, “in the land of the blind, the one-eyes man is king.” If one possesses sufficient insight to see within oneself...
Monday, August 28, 2006

On This Modern Warrior Archetype Part Six.6.10

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6j. This Modern Warrior Archetype will necessarily deal with the affects of mass media. This realization implies that one must master certa...