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In Dark Ages America, the pundit Morris Berman argues that the nation has entered a dangerous phase in its historical development from which there is no return.
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Berman (visiting professor is sociology, Catholic U. of America) argues that the American Empire is headed towards inevitable collapse and that the country is about to experience an era that is similar to the Dark Ages that followed the fall of the Roman Empire, sharing such characteristics as the triumph of religion over reason, breakdown of education and critical thinking, legitimization of torture, and marginalization on the world stage. This is not the result of the "War on Terror," but the September 11th attacks may well have pushed us further along the downward trajectory that the US has been on the since the 1960s and 1970s. Berman offers no solutions, believing none to exist, and contents himself to describe the cultural and political characteristics of the decline. Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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