Comments on: American and European world views http://davidderrick.wordpress.com/2007/02/04/american-and-european-world-views/ Sun, 15 Nov 2009 22:21:47 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: davidderrick http://davidderrick.wordpress.com/2007/02/04/american-and-european-world-views/#comment-202 davidderrick Mon, 05 Feb 2007 12:57:12 +0000 http://davidderrick.wordpress.com/2007/02/04/american-and-european-world-views/#comment-202 I am an optimist on this. I think certain experiences burn themselves into the collective psyche semi-permanently. Unless a cultural thread is simply broken altogether. Earlier posts <a href="http://davidderrick.wordpress.com/2006/11/14/lessons-of-defeat/" rel="nofollow">here</a> and <a href="http://davidderrick.wordpress.com/2006/10/14/what-the-english-have-learned/" rel="nofollow">here</a> touch on permanently-learned lessons. I am an optimist on this. I think certain experiences burn themselves into the collective psyche semi-permanently. Unless a cultural thread is simply broken altogether.

Earlier posts here and here touch on permanently-learned lessons.

]]> By: Lance Knobel http://davidderrick.wordpress.com/2007/02/04/american-and-european-world-views/#comment-200 Lance Knobel Mon, 05 Feb 2007 04:26:47 +0000 http://davidderrick.wordpress.com/2007/02/04/american-and-european-world-views/#comment-200 How long do you think a collective memory of WWI will last in Europe? Even WWII veterans are becoming relatively scarce. I wonder if all those village memorials will cease to have any resonance for most people. I hope not, but I fear so. How long do you think a collective memory of WWI will last in Europe? Even WWII veterans are becoming relatively scarce. I wonder if all those village memorials will cease to have any resonance for most people.

I hope not, but I fear so.

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