Word: humanisme
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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They call the opposite line "godless humanism." It is difficult to see where the appeal lies in this approach--their pamphlets are denegrating, apocalyptic, frightening. So they de-emphasize the verbal, instead concentrating on the visual. Rev. Jerry Falwell, the national leader, guests on Donahue and the late-afternoon talk...
In this movie season of $30 million demolition derbies and feature-length promos for sound-track albums, The Great Santini had a hard time making itself heard. The film bivouacked in one town after another, opening to sympathetic reviews and closing to public indifference. Its distributor, Orion Pictures, sold the...
Moravia has always been adept at manipulating literary conceits for startling effect. He once wrote a novel about a man who talked to his penis. An Italian Joan of Arc who hears the voice of nihilism calling her to action is a promising conception, and the author has not lost...
Despite these flaws, Decade of Decision offers Americans of the '80s a compelling new vision. Harrington's greatest contribution to future policy debates--his fundamental humanism--is, ironically, sometimes buried under his droning statistics. He cares about the people who suffer for the sake of economic efficiency or profit margins...
When I got involved in these projects, I saw there was a chance for humanism because it was productive. It wasn't just a matter of fighting a moral battle--which I was willing to do--but, in fact, this was rational from an economic point of view.