Myron Magnet (Livres)

Myron Magnet Livres

Myron Magnet explore l'interaction complexe entre les aspirations individuelles et les forces sociales, examinant comment les rêves personnels se heurtent à la réalité et comment les structures sociales façonnent les efforts humains. Son œuvre se caractérise par une analyse approfondie des contextes historiques et culturels, révélant des schémas durables dans le comportement humain et l'ordre social. À travers ses écrits, il offre des aperçus perspicaces sur les enjeux qui façonnent la société humaine, éclairant la dynamique constante entre aspiration et limitation.

The Dream and the Nightmare

256pages
9 heures de lecture

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Myron Magnet's The Dream and the Nightmare argues that the radical transformation of American culture that took place in the 1960s brought today's urban underclass into existence. Changed beliefs and lifestyle experimentation among the white middle class produced often catastrophic changes in attitudes toward marriage and childbearing, the work ethic and dependency among those at the bottom of the social ladder, and closed down their pathways to better lives. Texas Governor George W. Bush's presidential campaign recently highlighted the continuing importance of The Dream and the Nightmare when Bush told the Wall Street Journal it was the most important book he'd ever read with the exception of the Bible. Bush's chief strategist Karl Rove cites the book as a road map to the governor's philosophy of "compassionate conservatism.