Title: Grasping for the wind : the search for meaning in the 20th century /
Authors: Whitehead, John W., 1946-
Publisher: Zondervan,
Year: 2001
Subjects: Civilization, Western; Civilization, Modern; Twenty-first century Forecasts; Philosophy, Modern.; Christianity and culture.
Abstract: A look at what historical and cultural forces shaped 20th century Western civilization, "from Rembrandt, to the French Revolution, to Marilyn Monroe, to Martin Luther King, to the Beatles, to Stanley Kubrick, to MTV, to the Internet and beyond."--Jacket.
Contents: Breaking with the past -- Where are we going? -- Children of the machine -- The lost generation -- The fat dream -- The winds of revolution -- The narcissistic culture.