American Values
American Values | Popular Culture Is in Decline
Herbert I. London charges in the subsequent viewpoint that American popular culture is characterized by a perverse obsession with celebrity. London contends that society grants celebrity status to people who engage in abhorrent behavior, and lavishes these celebrities with media attention while ignoring events of world significance. The American fascination with the vulgar and scandalous has created a culture that exalts obscene language, sexual lasciviousness, and lurid representations of violence, he claims. London is a professor of humanities at New York University and the publisher...
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- Introduction
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Chapter 1: What Values Should America Uphold?
- Chapter 1 Preface
- Capitalism Promotes Positive Values
- Capitalism Does Not Promote Positive Values
- Religion Is Essential to a Moral Society
- Religion Is Not Essential to a Moral Society
- Society’s Well-Being Depends upon the Traditional Family
- Society’s Well-Being Does Not Depend upon the Traditional Family
- Chapter 1 Periodical Bibliography
- Chapter 2: Is America in Moral Decline?
- Chapter 3: How Do the Media Influence American Values?
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Chapter 4: What Measures Would Improve American Values?
- Chapter 4 Preface
- Shame Deters Immoral Behavior
- Shame Is a Form of Censorship
- The Government Should Legislate Morality
- The Government Should Not Legislate Morality
- Public Schools Should Provide Character Education
- Public Schools Should Not Provide Character Education
- Chapter 4 Periodical Bibliography
- For Further Discussion
- Organizations to Contact
- Bibliography
- Copyright
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