Dark Ages America by Morris Berman

Dark Ages America by Morris Berman

In Dark Ages America, the pundit Morris Berman argues that the nation has entered a dangerous phase in its historical development from which there is no return. As the corporate-consumerist juggernaut that now defines the nation rolls on, the very factors that once propelled America to greatness extreme individualism, territorial and economic expansion, and the pursuit of material wealth are, paradoxically, the nails in our collective coffin. Within a few decades, Berman argues, the United States will be marginalized on the world stage, its hegemony replaced by China or the European Union. With the United States just one terrorist attack away from a police state, Berman's book is a controversial and illuminating look at our current society and its ills.

Morris Berman is a cultural historian and social critic who is well-known for his unique ideas. He has held visiting endowed chairs at Incarnate Word College, the University of New Mexico, and Weber State University, and has taught at a number of universities in Europe, North America, and Mexico. He was the Lansdowne Professor of Science History at the University of Victoria from 1982 until 1988. Berman received the Washington State Governor's Writers Award in 1990 and the Rollo May Center Grant for Humanistic Studies in 1992. The New York Times selected The Twilight of American Civilization a Noteworthy Book in 2000. The Reenchantment of the Earth (1981), Coming to Our Senses (1989), Wandering God: A Study in Nomadic Spirituality (2000), and Dark Ages America (2006) are among his other works.