Word: humanisme
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Wilson's lecture was the first in a series on humanism sponsored by the American Humanist Association. He received the Distinguished Service Award from the group last June.
During the past decade, autumn was harvest time for the serious moviegoer, the season for films with hearts of humanism and minds dreaming of Oscars. Often those dreams were fulfilled: four of the last seven winners of the Academy Award for Best Picture (One Flew over the Cuckoo's...
This is an approach that appears to attach more importance to the process of learning than to the substance of what is learned but it does provide a way of coping with the vast increase of knowledge. "The old notion of the generalist who could comprehend all subjects is an...
In an ailing little Seat (a Spanish Fiat) dubbed Rocinante, the newly elevated monsignor and his Communist companion Sancho set out for Madrid, a city that neither has seen for many years. Like Spain itself since the death of the Generalissimo, these innocents hurtle into the 20th century with ingenuous...
These criticisms aside, his analysis of Vietnam is pertinent and thought-provoking. Perhaps most frightening--and most effective--is the essay after which the collection is named. In it, Chomsky contends that efforts to erase the "Vietnam syndrome" have spurred renewed international tension. By the "Vietnam syndrome," Chomsky means the...