Sentences with phrase «adversary culture»

Thus the ethos of the sixties lives on in an extensive and solidly based adversary culture, one whose beliefs, in distinction to those of the earlier generation, are unlikely to wither or wilt.

It is Himmelfarb's question come back to haunt us: Where, once the adversary culture has become the dominant culture, once the old habits are no longer habits, can one look for guidance?

... What happens, in short, when the «adversary culture,» to use Trilling's apt phrase, has become the dominant culture?»

She desired secure religious or creedal underpinnings for fighting what she saw as the adversary culture.

Two examples of the dominance of this adversary culture may help us both to imagine and to formulate an Oakeshottian response to Himmelfarb's question.

The neoconservatives, one might say, established themselves as the adversaries of the adversary culture.

The conclusion is irresistible that, in the court of the adversary culture, the sensus fidelium can not mean anything that might inhibit a person in the expression of his «true self.»

It would seem, however, that at least for some of them their true church is the homosexual adversary culture itself.

Not exact matches

Bork's conclusion is nothing if not straightforward: «Unless it takes its law from the original understanding of the Constitution's principles, the Court will continue to be an adversary to democratic government and to the morality of our traditional culture.»

Cuomo's adversaries see Mulrow's appointment as a striking example of the pervasive overlapping relationships between the financial industry and government, and of the crony culture that still prevails in Albany despite Cuomo's promises of reform.

Darrick Hooker of Jenner & Block gave a poised and professional parry to the attacks and challenges that threatened our program, Sonia gave a passionate and oh so practical values oriented focus on the importance of culture and teamwork, and Tonio did a rapier efficient dissection of a key point to the programs of the other three teams, not unlike Zorro removing a trouser button to his adversary, that left us standing with confidence while they had trousers around their ankles.

Our culture has changed, so that now more than ever we strive to reach this potential, and not settle for life with our closest partners as adversaries or distant friends.