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Civilization

The art of moving pictures

by Bruno Bettelheim,

Man, Superman, and myth

The rush for second place

by William Gaddis,

Missed victories in America

The rage against the future

by Lewis H. Lapham,

Further reflections on the national consensus of anger

Blindman’s bluff

by Lewis H. Lapham,

The lost sight of the imagination

Neon India

by Gita Mehta,

A song celestial for rock band and sitar

The shattered mirror

by Lewis H. Lapham,

Bits and pieces of experience

Southern comfort

by Walker Percy,

Now that the South has grown rich and rejoined the Union, even Southerners get lost in the lobby of the Peachtree Plaza Hotel

After Ellis Island

by Andrew M. Greeley,

In praise of ethnic chauvinism

Works and days

by Eric Hoffer,

The labor of daily thought

The American courtier

by Lewis H. Lapham,

Further reflections on the customs of the tribe

Seminar in African diplomacy

by Kenneth L. Adelman,

In which Americans might take notes from the French

Civilization

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The art of moving pictures

The rush for second place

The rage against the future

Blindman’s bluff

Neon India

The shattered mirror

Southern comfort

After Ellis Island

Works and days

The American courtier

Seminar in African diplomacy

September 1978

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