Myron Magnet (Libros)

Myron Magnet Libros

Myron Magnet profundiza en la intrincada interacción entre las aspiraciones individuales y las fuerzas sociales, examinando cómo los sueños personales se enfrentan a la realidad y cómo las estructuras sociales dan forma a los esfuerzos humanos. Su obra se caracteriza por un profundo análisis de los contextos históricos y culturales, revelando patrones perdurables en el comportamiento humano y el orden social. A través de sus escritos, ofrece perspicaces reflexiones sobre los temas que dan forma a la sociedad humana, iluminando la constante dinámica entre aspiración y limitación.

The Dream and the Nightmare

256 páginas
9 horas de lectura

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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.