The Conscience of a Nation - Couverture souple

Threadgill, Murray

 
9780595164066: The Conscience of a Nation
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0595164064 ISBN 13 : 9780595164066
Editeur : iUniverse, 2001

Synopsis

This novella based on Pythagorean ideas is an attempt to enable an individual to string a bridge from the intimate microcosm of their individuality to the macrocosm of the universe as we know it today.The string from which we all hang in todays world is conscience which is composed of a set of psychological internal beliefs to which an individual ascribes to as that which governs their behavior.But when ones action is in opposition to that which one professes to believe, the internal belief system becomes a tattered string hanging precariously to immorality.In the heat of battle we adopt and internalize the external national constitution that most Americans profess to fight for, uphold, and die for. But few really believe or understand it.This is a narrative beginning with a blind WWII Veteran in Arlington National Cemetery for our war dead. He is seeking to verify that the inscriptions inscribed on certain headstones of his former comrades are what they desired. Each inscription is purported to be a reminder to the living to keep the faith with themselves and their country.The necessity to continue the march forwards from a practical democracy to accomplish a true democracy is reinforced by a group of terrorists who capture and threaten to blow up the Statue of Liberty unless America ceases supporting corrupt governments through out the world.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

This novella based on Pythagorean ideas is an attempt to enable an individual to string a bridge from the intimate microcosm of their individuality to the macrocosm of the universe as we know it today.The string from which we all hang in todays world is conscience which is composed of a set of psychological internal beliefs to which an individual ascribes to as that which governs their behavior.But when ones action is in opposition to that which one professes to believe, the internal belief system becomes a tattered string hanging precariously to immorality.In the heat of battle we adopt and internalize the external national constitution that most Americans profess to fight for, uphold, and die for. But few really believe or understand it.This is a narrative beginning with a blind WWII Veteran in Arlington National Cemetery for our war dead. He is seeking to verify that the inscriptions inscribed on certain headstones of his former comrades are what they desired. Each inscription is purported to be a reminder to the living to keep the faith with themselves and their country.The necessity to continue the march forwards from a practical democracy to accomplish a true democracy is reinforced by a group of terrorists who capture and threaten to blow up the Statue of Liberty unless America ceases supporting corrupt governments through out the world.

Biographie de l'auteur

Murray H. Threadgill, Ph.D. is a Black Veteran (U.S. Navy 1943-1946). He graduated from the University of California at Irvine in 1973.

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Éditeur
iUniverse
Date d'édition
2001
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0595164064
ISBN 13 
9780595164066
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
124
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Personne responsable
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