The Americas
Society Cultural Achievement Award recognizes extraordinary creativity and artistic mastery among Latin American cultural figures.
Not exact matches
This is a startling
achievement in a
society that finds security in featureless and easily comprehensible
cultural landscapes, and consequently seeks to smooth anything too complex and particular into a barely distinguishable example of a type: just another sporting event; just another television broadcast; just another weekend distraction.
For the marginal
societies of the world, therefore, the four functions of Parsons are much less
achievements than the distant intentions of a grinding struggle to ameliorate
cultural amnesia, alienation, poverty, and oppression.
Among those who believe that fundamental changes in American
society are essential for the fullest
achievement of the good life, a distinction can be made between the
cultural transformationists and the political reformers.
By a host of
cultural indicators, American
society was better off in the 1950s than it is today, and the constraint and self - censorship of that age's mass media had a great deal to do with this
achievement.
Does your definition of educational excellence take into account the quality of life of individuals and of a
society, including its artistic and
cultural achievements?