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...Epstein (Crimson, October 4th) that at least one of the followers of Rabbi Ben-Zion Gold's new militant Jewish thrust at Harvard isn't really all that militant after all--or so he thinks. Mr. Epstein doesn't even consider religious behavior as part of a larger matrix of concerns called "ethnic." He is, of course, quite mistaken, though in his error is a measure of his low-profile approach to the new Jewish militancy--an approach with which I have sympathy. Yet Mr. Epstein remains somewhat in error. I have several comments on this...
...frequently within these colonies and tribes than in their federation, the national community. Voluntary associations, some derived from the churches' "errand of mercy," and some growing out of other roots, have resources. For some, what Robert N. Bellah calls "civil religion," wherein national life is a kind of matrix and repository of values, offers a promise that surpasses its dangers of self-idolization by bringing citizens into a zone of common concern for transcendent justice. How do we improve ourselves? To what do we belong? For what do we hope? How should we behave? How do we bring...
Brother Can You Spare A Dime? emerges as a realistic view of American life in the 1930s. But Mora jaundices his collection of Depression-era vignettes by his exaggeration of Hollywood as the focal point of the American consciousness. The film is an expressive view of the matrix of despair, apathy and frivolity that characterized. American 1930s. But the impressionistic documentary is weakened by the obscurity of many of the scenes. Mora has created an imposing cinematic edifice, yet concealed its foundations from his audience...
...heart of the railway system was the timetable, the matrix of coordination for the system as a whole. On single-track roads, a 30-second delay meant that one of two trains would be almost half a mile away from a siding or a passing track when they were scheduled to pass each other. Railroading was organized to move thousands of tons of goods at extremely high speeds and split-minute timing, the exactness or inexactness of which spelled increased savings or costs for shippers. Everyone who had a direct responsibility for the operation of trains-engineers, conductors, trainmen...
...wallow of egotism, social climbing and power brokerage, and the only thing that makes it tolerable is the occasional reward of experiencing a good work of art in all its richness, complexity and difficulty. Take the art from the art world, as Wolfe does, and the matrix becomes fit for caricature. Since Wolfe is unable to show any intelligent response to painting, caricature is what we get: a rehashed conspiracy theory...