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American Culture: Past and Present (and Future?)

Societies that survive have a “culture.” But what does that mean? Where do cultures come from, and how do they shape who we are – individually and collectively? If culture is upstream of politics, then culture is older than the state, deeper than the market, and more flexible than biological evolution. Culture creates shared meaning and understanding, fostering large group cooperation. But culture is inherited from how we are raised and socialized; this process is far from automatic. Culture answers questions that politics and markets cannot: Who are we? What do we owe to one another? What gives life meaning? Does culture happen, or must it be created and nurtured by the state? Was there ever an “American culture”? Is it being handed down intact to new generations, or is it changing? What is the future for faith, families, and the formative institutions of education?

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