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Thinking About a Barn-Raising for the Rurual Community Consciousness

Categories: Community
Source: Sustainable Living Library

Summary

modern life. This is not because men are inher- nn) ently incapable of achieving it, but because a Aapont > boas, full and adequate vision has been lacking. Repeatedly , men have had some elements of that vision, and often Arto: their limited aims have been realized, but since their picture lacked many elements the outcome has often been disappointing....The greatest handicap to human progress has been a partial view of life. --Arthur Morgan, The Great Community In intellectual terms, the generating force of (the democratic movement) may be rather simply described as "a new way of looking at things." -~-Lawrence Goodwyn, The Fopulist Moment I wished that I could experience a spiritual drive like the one that had carried my father into the Kansas lands in the '80's, determined, and witaout question, to see that a certain kind of human pro- gress concerned with breaking, tilling, and building

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External References Cited (8)

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book (5)

  • The Great CommunityArthur Morgan
  • The Populist MomentLawrence Goodwyn
  • Grassroots TheatreRobert Gard
  • Small Town RenaissanceBaker Brownell
  • Small is BeautifulSchumacher

study (2)

  • The Montana Study (1940)
  • Montana StudyBaker Brownell

other (1)

  • Wisconsin Idea (1940)