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Check for Availabilityout of stock. Click on the button below to search for this title in other formats.  This title in other editionsDark Ages America: The Final Phase of Empireby Berman Morris
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:An explosive work that demonstrates that America has entered an inescapable social, cultural, and economic dark age. We retain the rhetoric of liberal democracy, but freedom of choice really means Wendy's vs. Burger King.--Morris Berman The Twilight of American Culture appeared in 2000 like a prophetic thunderbolt, warning that America's corporate culture and rampant materialism would set off an international counter-response. In his new work, Morris Berman discusses the coming collapse of the American economy, burdened by costly wars and insurmountable debt, the disappearance of democratic ideals, and the emergence of a new seamless propaganda machine that has destroyed popular discourse to the point that we now dwell in a miasma of propagandistic fog. We have been brought to this pass by our values and daily behavior, Berman avers. Dark Ages America is a clarion jeremiad in the tradition of Philip Slater's landmark work, The Pursuit of Loneliness, and Christopher Lasch's The Culture of Narcissism. Book News Annotation:Berman (visiting professor is sociology, Catholic U. of America)
argues that the American Empire is headed towards inevitable collapse
and that the country is about to experience an era that is similar to
the Dark Ages that followed the fall of the Roman Empire, sharing
such characteristics as the triumph of religion over reason,
breakdown of education and critical thinking, legitimization of
torture, and marginalization on the world stage. This is not the
result of the "War on Terror," but the September 11th attacks may
well have pushed us further along the downward trajectory that the US
has been on the since the 1960s and 1970s. Berman offers no
solutions, believing none to exist, and contents himself to describe
the cultural and political characteristics of the decline.
Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) Book News Annotation:Berman (visiting professor is sociology, Catholic U. of America)
argues that the American Empire is headed towards inevitable collapse
and that the country is about to experience an era that is similar to
the Dark Ages that followed the fall of the Roman Empire, sharing
such characteristics as the triumph of religion over reason,
breakdown of education and critical thinking, legitimization of
torture, and marginalization on the world stage. This is not the
result of the "War on Terror," but the September 11th attacks may
well have pushed us further along the downward trajectory that the US
has been on the since the 1960s and 1970s. Berman offers no
solutions, believing none to exist, and contents himself to describe
the cultural and political characteristics of the decline.
Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) Synopsis:"Provocative...stimulating and insightful."'"Publishers Weekly Synopsis:In Dark Ages America, the pundit Morris Berman argues that the nation has entered a dangerous phase in its historical development from which there is no return. Synopsis:As the corporate-consumerist juggernaut that now defines the nation rolls on, the very factors that once propelled America to greatness-extreme individualism, territorial and economic expansion, and the pursuit of material wealth-are, paradoxically, the nails in our collective coffin. Within a few decades, Berman argues, the United States will be marginalized on the world stage, its hegemony replaced by China or the European Union. With the United States just one terrorist attack away from a police state, Berman's book is a controversial and illuminating look at our current society and its ills. Synopsis:From the bestselling author of "The Twilight of American Culture" comes an explosive work that demonstrates that the country has entered an inescapable social, cultural, and economic "dark age." About the AuthorMorris Berman is a cultural historian and the author of The Twilight of American Culture. He has held a number of university appointments, most recently as Visiting Professor of Sociology at the Catholic University of America in Washington, DC. What Our Readers Are SayingAdd a comment for a chance to win!Average customer rating based on 1 comment:
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