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ArthurMeierSger(October15,1917-February28,2007)isoiialAmerihistoriahdwihe1946PulitzerPrizeinHisthiscareerasaHarvardprofessorofhistory,hehasalsobeenareor,socialdpublitellectual.MuchofSger’sworkfotheexplorationof20thturyAmeriliberalismandhehadbeeualbeaeriliberalssince1940s.
SgerservedasspecialassistaKennedyfrom1961to1963.HewroteadetailedatoftheKennedyadministration,fromthe1960presidentialtothepresident’sstatefuledAThousandDays:JohheWhiteHouse,whithe1966PulitzerPrizeinBiraphy.Sgerreturea1966astheAlbertSchweitzerProfessoroftheHumaheGraduateterofTheiversityofNewYork.Afterheretiredfromtea1994,heremainedinvolvedinpoliticsfortherestofhislifethroughhisbooksandpubligtours.
Promptsf
1.WhatdoesthetitleTheOtheManymean?Findoutthemeaningof“one”
and“many”
inthepassage.
2.InwhatwaydoestheauthorbelievetheAmeriexperieivetoesseekingnatio?
3.WhatfatributedtoAmerientagtotheauthor?Whichfactorisfual?
4.Whatdoestheauthormeanby“anideologicalsociety”
(Paragraph6)?
5.Whatdoestheauthormeanbyideology?
6.Whatdoesthe“fox”
standfor?Howisthefoxdifferentfromthe“hedgehog”
?
7.Howdoestheauthoriherelatioweenexperiera?
8.Howdoestheauthordifferentiateidealandideology?
9.HowisThomasJeffersohenotionsofidealandideologyrespectivelyagtotheauthor?
10.ithfaithinideology?
11.Howwouldaihumanhistory?
12.Whatismeantby“themixedsod“themixedey”
(Paragraph19)?
13.Howdoideologistsandpragmatistsseetheworlddifferently?
14.Howdoideologistsandpragmatistsdefihdifferently?
[1]Inanepoiheaspiratioesfornatio,itisiorecallthattheuesitselfbeganasanunderdevelopedtry.
[2]Everytry,ofcourse,hasitsdistiproblemsandmustsolvethemagtoitsowntraditions,capadvalues.TheAmeriexperieniqueinanumberofways.Thetrywasblessedbyages—aboveall,bythefactthatpopulationwassrelationtoavailableresources.Butthefavorableratiobetweenpopulationandresourceswasobviouslynottheonlyfaerient.Hadthatbeenso,theIndians,forwhomtheratiowasevenmorefavorable,wouldhavedevelopedthetrylohefirstsettlersarrivedfromovertheseas.Whatmatteredequallyiritinwhichthesesettlersapproachedtheeidsocialgesofferedbythee.SeveralelementsseemedfuhephilosophywhichfacilitatedtherapidsodeientoftheAmerient.
[3]OorwasthedeepfaithiioiihemostessentialwayforasocietytodevoteitsresourcesexistedfromtheearliestdaysoftheAmeriies.Itarinallyfromaphilosophicalratherthananeent—fromafaithiyofmanandfrbeliefthatitistheresponsibilityofsoaunitytodevelophishighestpote,atthesametime,italsohelpedproduditioosuccessfulmodernization.
[4]Modernindustrialsocietymustbeaboveallaliteratesoichistoriansattributetwo-thirdsofthegrowthiputovertheturiesofAmerienttoinproductivity.Andinproductivity,ofedirethesizeofnatioiionandinresearch.J.K.Galbraithhadrightlyobservedthat“adollarorarupeeiheiualimprovementofhumanbeingswillregularlybrieriiohanadollarorarupeedevotedtorailways,dams,maetools,iblecapitalgoods.”
ThesewordsaccuratelyreporttheAmerialexperience.
[5]Aorintheproerieheenttoself-goveraiveinstitutions1.Wehavefouerwaythaofulfillmasandreleasehisenergies.Arelatedfactorhadbeeioanceofpersonalfreedomandpersonalihefeelingthattheindividualisthesourceofcreativity.Anotherhasbeeandingoftheroleofcooperativeactivity,publicaswellasvoluntary.
[6]Butfuoallofthese,ahesiimportaioivespeedofAmeriehenatioionofdogmatisaboutthehesodeericahashadthegoodfortuobeanideologicalsociety.
[7]ByideologyImeanabodyofsystematidrigiddogmabywhichpeopleseektouhereserveortransformit.Thefliideologyandempiricismhas,ofcourse,beenoldinhumanhistory.Ihisflict,ideologyhasattraeestintelligendhasproduSirIsaiahBerlihe“hedgehogs”
,whokhing,asagainstthe“foxes”
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