W. W. Norton, New York, 2001, 1^st pr thus.  ISBN 0-393-32169-X.  Trade soft cover, 205 pages including Notes, Index, and About the Author.  Unread remaindered copy with very light edge and cover wear; pages lightly tanned.  ‘… provides one of the most caustic and surprising portraits of American society to date.  Whether examining the corruption at the heart of modern politics, the “Rambification” of popular entertainment, or the collapse of our school systems, Morris Berman asks if there is anything we can do as a society to arrest the onset of corporate Mass Mind culture. … cogently argues that cultural preservation is a matter of individual conscience, and discusses how classical learning might triumph over political correctness with the rise of a “new monastic individual” – a person who is willing to reject the corporate consumer culture of our time and instead work to preserve the historical treasures of our civilization.’ (from rear wrap)