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Document Type: | Book |
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All Authors / Contributors: |
Stephen Bertman |
ISBN: | 027596230X 9780275962302 |
OCLC Number: | 42021557 |
Description: | 176 pages ; 24 cm |
Contents: | Prologue: The Land of the Lotus-eaters -- Cultural Amnesia -- Memory and Personal Identity -- Memory and Civilization -- The Power of Oblivion -- Why America Forgot -- National Therapy -- Home Remedies -- A Nation of Amnesiacs -- Epilogue: Return to Ithaca. |
Responsibility: | Stephen Bertman. |
Abstract:
Applying the metaphor of Alzheimer's disease to the American national state of mind, Stephen Bertman offers a chilling prognosis for the future of the country. He presents psychological insights into the nature of memory together with perspectives on the meaning and future of democracy.
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