Word: esotericism
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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When Maziere arrived in 1963, the population had edged back to 1,000. But he found the descendants of the master sculptors living in "the most unbelievable wretchedness." Now under the rule of Chile, they were penned up like sheep in a small compound, subject to forced labor, denied anything...
Europe in summertime abounds with music for every taste-from esoteric little festivals featuring medieval song to grandiose performances of opera in outdoor splendor, to instrumental concerts in historic settings. Among the highlights:
But if Wolfe's manner is often blithe, his logic is usually chilling. For if his America does not first electrocute itself in some blinding burst of McLuhanesque energy, it will survive only to fragment itself into a bewildering array of esoteric subcultures. Technology is offering Americans a crude form...
Some of the special areas within the bookstore are a children's section, which has Beatrix Potter and other little books in a variety of languages, a comic book section, and a "Little Magazine" wall of esoteric magazines. One wall is devoted to foreign language periodicals and books. The books...
In a consumption-oriented society, is it any wonder that medicine is over consumed? In an impersonal society, is it to be expected that medicine will be thoroughly personal? If the poor are not as well treated medically as the wealthy, are they not also badly treated in every other...