TY - BOOK AU - Rowe,Stephen C. TI - Overcoming America / America overcoming: can we survive modernity? SN - 9780739171417 (electronic bk.) AV - JK31 U1 - 973.932 23 PY - 2011/// CY - Lanham PB - Lexington Books KW - Democracy KW - United States KW - HISTORY / United States / 21st Century KW - bisacsh KW - Politics and government KW - Philosophy KW - Electronic books N1 - Description based upon print version of record; Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - America is in the process of overcoming the modern, which is expressed negatively as hyper-individualism, materialism, moral disease, fundamentalism, and nihilistic terrorism. In its positive expression the modern develops beyond itself, into a post-traditional ethic and spirituality in which it becomes possible to affirm life and reappropriate the wisdom of traditions, in a genuinely pluralistic environment of dialogue, continuous growth, and ever-expanding horizons of “liberty and justice for all UR - http://www.msvu.ca:2048/login?url=http://www.msvu.eblib.com/patron/FullRecord.aspx?p=860109 UR - http://public.eblib.com/EBLPublic/PublicView.do?ptiID=860109 UR - http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=434535 ER -