Morris Berman, Author . Norton $25.95 (400p) ISBN 978-0-393-05866-6
In this provocative, scattershot jeremiad, cultural historian Berman (The Twilight of American Culture
) likens America to ancient Rome on the brink. On the geopolitical plane, he contends, the United States is a belligerent, overstretched empire,...
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Morris Berman, Author Simon & Schuster $22.45 (0p) ISBN 978-0-671-66618-7
The author's call for a life of the body--as opposed to an emphasis on success, material possessions and divisive ``isms''--rigorously extends the arguments advanced in his popular The Reenchantment of the World . Stressing that the human infant's...
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Morris Berman, Author W. W. Norton & Company $23.95 (205p) ISBN 978-0-393-04879-7
American culture is in crisis, argues Berman, pointing out that ""millions of high school graduates can barely read or write""; ""common words are misspelled on public signs""; ""most Americans grow old in isolation, zoning out in front of TV...
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Morris Berman. Wiley, $25.95 (272p) ISBN 978-1-118-06181-7
In this provocative and passionate polemic, Berman (The Twilight of American Culture) explores America’s embrace of free market capitalism, which he says has been the dominant U.S. narrative since the country’s inception. Ever since the British...
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