Are we on the decline? Is our culture splitting apart? (S3, #1)
Description
Today we examine Alexander Solzhenitsyn's Harvard Graduation speech in 1978, also titled 'A World Split Apart'. What does a person living in Soviet camps have to say on Western culture? How accurate is his observations? Does it hold true today?What do you think is flawed with Western society?
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Music – ‘Outfoxing the Fox’ Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Time Stamps:
8:49 – Introduction to Solzhenitsyn and his speech
20:56 – Start of Speech
45:05 – A Legalistic life
53:10 – The Direction of Freedom
58:50 – The Direction of the Press
1:05:25 – Vietnam War
1:14:20 – Humanism
1:20:26 – The true Split in the World
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