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Learn why Cicero is considered one of the most important
individuals in all of Western culture! Marcus Tullius Cicero
(106-43 BC) was a poet, philosopher, writer, scholar, barrister,
statesman, patriot, and the linguist who helped make Latin into a
universal language. His many influences in rhetoric, politics,
literature, and ideas are seen throughout Western civilization.
Cicero, Classicism, and Popular Culture explores the fascinating
man behind the eloquence and his monumental effect on language,
morality, and popularity of Western culture. One of the leading
authorities on popular culture, Dr. Marshall Fishwick discusses the
multifaceted man who may be, besides Jesus, the central figure in
all of Western civilization. The author recounts his own personal
quest of traveling the land and ancient cities of Italy, gleaning
insights from people he met along the way who have knowledge about
Cicero's life and times. However, Cicero, Classicism, and Popular
Culture is more than a simple search for the man and his
accomplishments, a man whose mere words changed the way people
think. This book shows in each of us the roots of our own ideas,
beliefs, and culture. Cicero, Classicism, and Popular Culture
discusses: Cicero's rise to acclaim his affect on the language of
popular culture common traits Cicero shared with Thomas Jefferson
rhetoric, the art of oratory community two pivotal essays on
friendship and old age vision of his reputation the search for
peace Marshall McLuhan, Ciceronian Cicero's Rome Cicero's ancestral
home of Arpinum Julius Caesar, politics, and the influences of
Cicero the Roman republic and its downfall America as the new Rome
much more! Cicero, Classicism, and Popular Culture is a startling,
entertaining examination of the man who made Western culture what
it is today. The book is insightful reading for educators,
students, or anyone interested in one of the major forces in
popular culture.
As religious fervor grows, Dr. Fishwick, a recipient of the Ray and
Pat Browne Award for Lifetime Achievement from The American Culture
Association, takes a sweeping look at religion in the United
States--the country with the highest church attendance in the
Western world. Popular religion can take many shapes and forms. It
can wax and wane, but it cannot be eliminated or ignored. That is
what prompted him to write Great Awakenings: Popular Religion and
Popular Culture.He ponders how religion affects American life and
popular culture, and why religion has become a major force in
contemporary politics. How has the Electronic Revolution furthered
the religious right? What does popular religion tell us about
popular culture? And about our faith?He identifies and explores
five great religious revivals or "Great Awakenings: " the Atlantic
Seaboard Awakening the Urban Awakening the Modernist Awakening the
Celebrity Preacher Awakening the Electronic AwakeningFishwick
explores the current events preceding and during each awakening,
its leaders, followers, and critics. Great Awakenings gives a new
understanding of the American religious past and leaves us with an
anticipation for the next great awakening.
Learn why Cicero is considered one of the most important
individuals in all of Western culture! Marcus Tullius Cicero
(106-43 BC) was a poet, philosopher, writer, scholar, barrister,
statesman, patriot, and the linguist who helped make Latin into a
universal language. His many influences in rhetoric, politics,
literature, and ideas are seen throughout Western civilization.
Cicero, Classicism, and Popular Culture explores the fascinating
man behind the eloquence and his monumental effect on language,
morality, and popularity of Western culture. One of the leading
authorities on popular culture, Dr. Marshall Fishwick discusses the
multifaceted man who may be, besides Jesus, the central figure in
all of Western civilization. The author recounts his own personal
quest of traveling the land and ancient cities of Italy, gleaning
insights from people he met along the way who have knowledge about
Cicero's life and times. However, Cicero, Classicism, and Popular
Culture is more than a simple search for the man and his
accomplishments, a man whose mere words changed the way people
think. This book shows in each of us the roots of our own ideas,
beliefs, and culture. Cicero, Classicism, and Popular Culture
discusses: Cicero's rise to acclaim his affect on the language of
popular culture common traits Cicero shared with Thomas Jefferson
rhetoric, the art of oratory community two pivotal essays on
friendship and old age vision of his reputation the search for
peace Marshall McLuhan, Ciceronian Cicero's Rome Cicero's ancestral
home of Arpinum Julius Caesar, politics, and the influences of
Cicero the Roman republic and its downfall America as the new Rome
much more! Cicero, Classicism, and Popular Culture is a startling,
entertaining examination of the man who made Western culture what
it is today. The book is insightful reading for educators,
students, or anyone interested in one of the major forces in
popular culture.
When it comes to seeing depth and lateral connections in the
development of popular culture, nobody exceeds Marshall Fishwick.
-Canadian Psychology In Probing Popular Culture: On and Off the
Internet, one of the leading authorities in American and popular
culture studies presents an eye-opening examination of the
Information Age's influence on what we do, how we live, and who we
are. Dr. Marshall Fishwick, author of the textbooks Great
Awakenings: Popular Religion and Popular Culture; Popular Culture:
Cavespace to Cyberspace; and Popular Culture in a New Age focuses
his penetrating gaze upon the impact of the icons and events that
color the fabric of our lives. Peppered with quotes from
influential figures ranging from Plato to P. T. Barnum, this book
provides food for thought that will spark smart discussion about
every aspect of popular culturefrom Henry Ford to Y2K, the impact
on popular culture of the September 11 tragedy, and more. Probing
Popular Culture examines our cultural icons, our fads, our hopes,
and our fears-and ties them into the images we see everyday in the
news and on the Web. Dr. Fishwick probes the most recent
developments, crises, and anxieties encountered on our headlong
dash down the Information Superhighwayand illustrates the reasons
behind the media madness. Religion, sports, food, comic books, TV,
and movies-none escape his microscopic dissection. Probing Popular
Culture focuses on: historical pioneersfrom Socrates to Walt
Whitman and Walt Disney-who pondered and studied the phenomenon
known as popular culture culture frenzieswhy Americans have a
tendency toward trends, fads, and frenzies the emergence of America
as a super popular culture with current predominance in world
media, movies, clothing, music, and food the loss of old traditions
and the invention of new ones hypeits definition, its origin, and
its negative effect on the human race the gaps that have developed
all over the worldmainly between the United States and other
countriesbecause of the introduction of the Information Age in
popular culture and much more Who will arbitrate, regulate, and
modify our flow of information? How much is too much? What is at
stake? What lies ahead? Probing Popular Culture takes an incisive
look at the current situation and probes for answers. With a
foreword by Dr. Fishwick's former student, Tom Wolfe, a preface by
Peter Rollins (Editor-in-Chief of Film & History: An
Interdisciplinary Journal of Film and Television Studies), and the
inclusion of opinions from other authorities on popular culture,
this volume will be interesting and informative to the college
student, the general reader, and the specialist.
With a Foreword by Dr. Fishwick's student--Tom Wolfe.This book
redefines popular culture in the light of the revolutionary changes
brought about by the information revolution and the digital divide.
It explores the phenomenal growth and extension of popular culture
in the last decade and ties in the vast changes brought about by
technology and the Internet. In an era when American television and
the Internet reach virtually every corner of the globe, Popular
Culture in a New Age shows how the poorly understood and often
underestimated area known as popular culture affects all of our
lives.Beginning with an evaluation of the millennium celebrations
and the enormous error of Y2K madness, Popular Culture in a New Age
then moves on to the "New Gold Rush" brought about by technology
and takes a hard look at its risks. The book examines a wide
variety of pop culture phenomena such as carnivals, celebrities,
and the road from nineteenth century humbuggery (P. T. Barnum's
term) to today's hype.In Popular Culture in a New Age you'll learn
about: the three faces of popular culture: folk, fake, and pop--how
they relate and how they differ today's popular icons the empire of
Disney World Marshall McLuhan, our era's most profound and shocking
electronic thinker African-American popular culture and
stylePopular Culture in a New Age gives characterization to the
postmodern world in a chapter on "postmodern pop," followed by the
shift from civil religion to civil disobedience and the "myth of
success." This insightful book will help you understand the way we
eat, think, vote, and respond to our fast-changing world in the era
of hype, spin doctors, chat rooms, and jargon.
When it comes to seeing depth and lateral connections in the
development of popular culture, nobody exceeds Marshall Fishwick.
-Canadian Psychology In Probing Popular Culture: On and Off the
Internet, one of the leading authorities in American and popular
culture studies presents an eye-opening examination of the
Information Age's influence on what we do, how we live, and who we
are. Dr. Marshall Fishwick, author of the textbooks Great
Awakenings: Popular Religion and Popular Culture; Popular Culture:
Cavespace to Cyberspace; and Popular Culture in a New Age focuses
his penetrating gaze upon the impact of the icons and events that
color the fabric of our lives. Peppered with quotes from
influential figures ranging from Plato to P. T. Barnum, this book
provides food for thought that will spark smart discussion about
every aspect of popular culturefrom Henry Ford to Y2K, the impact
on popular culture of the September 11 tragedy, and more. Probing
Popular Culture examines our cultural icons, our fads, our hopes,
and our fears-and ties them into the images we see everyday in the
news and on the Web. Dr. Fishwick probes the most recent
developments, crises, and anxieties encountered on our headlong
dash down the Information Superhighwayand illustrates the reasons
behind the media madness. Religion, sports, food, comic books, TV,
and movies-none escape his microscopic dissection. Probing Popular
Culture focuses on: historical pioneersfrom Socrates to Walt
Whitman and Walt Disney-who pondered and studied the phenomenon
known as popular culture culture frenzieswhy Americans have a
tendency toward trends, fads, and frenzies the emergence of America
as a super popular culture with current predominance in world
media, movies, clothing, music, and food the loss of old traditions
and the invention of new ones hypeits definition, its origin, and
its negative effect on the human race the gaps that have developed
all over the worldmainly between the United States and other
countriesbecause of the introduction of the Information Age in
popular culture and much more Who will arbitrate, regulate, and
modify our flow of information? How much is too much? What is at
stake? What lies ahead? Probing Popular Culture takes an incisive
look at the current situation and probes for answers. With a
foreword by Dr. Fishwick's former student, Tom Wolfe, a preface by
Peter Rollins (Editor-in-Chief of Film & History: An
Interdisciplinary Journal of Film and Television Studies), and the
inclusion of opinions from other authorities on popular culture,
this volume will be interesting and informative to the college
student, the general reader, and the specialist.
As religious fervor grows, Dr. Fishwick, a recipient of the Ray and
Pat Browne Award for Lifetime Achievement from The American Culture
Association, takes a sweeping look at religion in the United
States--the country with the highest church attendance in the
Western world. Popular religion can take many shapes and forms. It
can wax and wane, but it cannot be eliminated or ignored. That is
what prompted him to write Great Awakenings: Popular Religion and
Popular Culture.He ponders how religion affects American life and
popular culture, and why religion has become a major force in
contemporary politics. How has the Electronic Revolution furthered
the religious right? What does popular religion tell us about
popular culture? And about our faith?He identifies and explores
five great religious revivals or "Great Awakenings: " the Atlantic
Seaboard Awakening the Urban Awakening the Modernist Awakening the
Celebrity Preacher Awakening the Electronic AwakeningFishwick
explores the current events preceding and during each awakening,
its leaders, followers, and critics. Great Awakenings gives a new
understanding of the American religious past and leaves us with an
anticipation for the next great awakening.
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