Category Archives: Opie, John
(1) American Dreams, American Ideals: Energy and Values; (2) The Equal Rights Amendment
John Opie studies the landscape of American values to identify variants of the American dream, which range from having basic necessities to living in luxurious material comfort. He explores the relationship of the American dream to American democratic ideals and … Continue reading
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(1) Ralph Waldo Emerson; (2) Commentary on Energy and Culture
Gay Wilson Allen talks about his 1981 biography of Ralph Waldo Emerson, with commentary on the impact of Emerson’s thinking in nineteenth-century America and among his contemporaries. Allen compares Emerson’s language to that of his literary peers Walt Whitman and … Continue reading
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(1) Energy from a Cultural Perspective; (2) Shakespeare Today; (3) The Education of Journalists; Review of A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole; (4) Commentary on Ambition
John Opie talks about the conflict between risk and security in the way Americans think about the energy crisis in the 1980s. He comments on the meaning and value of humanism, and suggests that a historian’s perspective might contribute to … Continue reading
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Culture, Conservation and Environmentalism
Environmental historian John Opie speaks on water use and conservation in the United States, and speculates on whether the water supply status is in crisis or if the country has not come to terms with the limits of the supply … Continue reading
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