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What our society suffers from most today is the absence of consensus about what it and life in it ought to be; such consensus ca
What our society suffers from most today is the absence of consensus about what it and life in it ought to be; such consensus ca
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2012-10-23
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What our society suffers from most today is the absence of consensus about what it and life in it ought to be; such consensus cannot be gained from society’s present stage, or from fantasies about what it ought to be. For that the present is too close and too diversified, and the future too uncertain, to make believable claims about it. A consensus in the present hence can be achieved only through a shared understanding of the past, as Homer’s epics informed those who lived centuries later what it meant to be Greek, and by what images and ideals they were to live their lives and organize their societies.
Most societies derive consensus from a long history, a language all their own, a common religion, common ancestry. The myths by which they live are based on all of these. But the United States is a country of immigrants, coming from a great variety of nations. Lately, it has been emphasized that an asocial, narcissistic personality has become characteristic of Americans, and that it is this type of personality that makes for the lack of well-being, because it prevents us from achieving consensus that would counteract a tendency to withdraw into private worlds. In this study of narcissism, Christopher Lash says that modern man, "tortured by self-consciousness, turns to new therapies not to free himself of his personal worries but to find meaning and purpose in life, to find something to live for". There is widespread distress because national morale has declined, and we have lost an earlier sense of national vision and purpose.
Contrary to rigid religions or political beliefs, as are found in totalitarian societies, our culture is one of the great individual differences, at least in principle and in theory; but this leads to disunity, even chaos. Americans believe in the value of diversity, but just because our is a society based on individual diversity, it needs consensus about some dominating ideas more than societies based on uniform origin of their citizens. Hence, if we are to have consensus, it must be based on a myth--a vision about a common experience, a conquest that made us Americans, as the myth about the conquest of Troy’ formed the Greeks. only a common myth can offer relief from the fear that life is without meaning or purpose. Myths permit us to examine our place in the world by comparing it to a shared idea. Myths are shared fantasies that form the tie that binds the individual to other members of his group. Such myths help to ward off feelings of isolations, guilt, anxiety, and purposelessness--in short, they combat isolation and the breakdown of social standards and values.
The asocial personality of Americans may stem from ______
选项
A、the absence of a common religion and ancestry.
B、the multiracial constituents of the US society.
C、the want of a shared myths they possess in life.
D、the counterbalance to narcissistic personality.
答案
B
解析
题干问:“美国人没有社会群体感的个性很可能来自于……”。正确选项为B“美国社会的多种族构成方式”,本文第2自然段已经说明了美国是一个多移民的国家,而在第1自然段作者所说的也是关于美国社会的多样性,并且这一思想在第3自然段又重新给予了重申和说明。而选项 A“缺乏共同的宗教和祖先”,选项C“缺乏在生活中所拥有的共享的神话”和选项D“对自我陶醉的个性是一种抵触”都不符合题干的要求。
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