Saturday Seminar:
The Acids of Modernity
Led by
Dr. John McClymer, Assumption College
Saturday, November 17, 2007
8 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Assumption College
The title phrase is from Walter Lippman's A PREFACE TO MORALS
(1929), in
which he predicted that science, technology, and the new consumer
culture would corrode the basic assumptions (e.g., the notion of
kingship) that sustained traditional religious belief. His forecast
proved accurate for every modern nation except his own. Instead of a
gradual withering away of traditional belief, the U.S. has struggled
through a century-long series of culture wars that show no signs of
ending. In this seminar we will explore some of the more recent
flashpoints of these conflicts from ongoing battles over the teaching of
evolution to the use of sexual imagery to sell everything from beer to
workout clothes. This seminar will provide content that can be used to
cover the "Contemporary America, 1980-2001" section of the USII
Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks.
You can earn an additional graduate credit from Worcester State College
if you are enrolled in the spring course and you participate in 2 of the
3 Saturday seminars. You are expected to attend the entire event. Each
seminar is worth 5 PDPs, and you do not have to be enrolled in the TAH
course to be eligible to register for the seminars. Some pre-reading
may be required.
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To
register, please contact Amy Sopcak-Joseph at (508) 471-2129
or asopcak[at]mwa.org.
TAH Courses, Saturday Seminars,
and Summer Institutes,
2006-2008
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