Word: civics
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...intermediate sort of irony, the sort which myth-preservationists like Purdy should be doing more worrying about than the petty and innocuous variety in "Seinfeld", because it addresses itself to objects somewhere between daily trivialities and the stars. This kind of irony addresses itself to the kinds of things, civic responsibility, for instance, that Purdy wants to see saved. But what if this irony is the honesty of our times? What if irony has become not a retreat but a recourse? What if irony alone can now sustain the forms of innocence Purdy so cherishes...
...that's not really a satisfactory arrangement either. Government clearly has a compelling interest in making quality art accessible to those who might not otherwise be able to enjoy it, if for no other reason than that the maintenance of healthy civic institutions is more likely to be carried on successfully by citizens with refined sensibilities than by couch-potatoes. The difficulty in devising just funding guidelines is no excuse for giving...
Geneva P. Malenfant, vice-president of the Cambridge Civic Association (CCA), one of Cambridge's political parties, sees two types of candidate. One type, like Maher or Toomey, gets support from neighborhoods; the other from community groups...
...Civic Organization...
...about Harvard. Rather, Purdy's project is much broader. The jadedly independent ironist, he argues, resists the urge to "identify strongly with any project, relationship, or aspiration" but at the same time hungers for a particular wholeness. And this is wholeness is only available through a renewed commitment to civic and political life...