Word: quietism
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...rather does not deal with it. His choice of profession summarizes his psychology: he becomes an anesthesiologist. Another way of putting it is that he tries his best to follow his family's tradition of quietism and indifference to large events. But Holland is a small country, and it is impossible to escape from people who are part of his past. If he will not pursue the evidence that will help explain his life's crucial occurrence, the evidence, as it turns out, will pursue him. Like the furies, the facts are inescapable...
Descriptions of quietism on today's campus, especially those made by frustrated student organizers and journalists, too often rely on romanticized and unhistorical references to earlier outbursts of high emotion and demands for sweeping change. It is particularly ironic that some adults who have moved smoothly from the 1960s youth movement to Wall St. or Madison Ave. now scoff at the calm in the Yard. Both groups carelessly downplay the extraordinary influence of events such as the crusade against Southern racism and the threat of being drafted to fight in a secretively pursued foreign war. Forgotten are the significant academic...