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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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2011-03-14
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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 author concludes that only shared myths can help Americans
选项
A、to bring about the uniformity of their culture.
B、to diminish their great individual differences.
C、to avoid the sense of being isolated and anxious.
D、to regain the feelings of social values and morale.
答案
C
解析
归纳题。文章最后一段指出,只有一种共有的神话才能减轻人们的这种恐惧——生活是没有意义或目的的;神话是共有的幻想,这些幻想构成了一种纽带,而这种纽带把个体同他所在群体的其他成员联系在一起;神话帮助消除了孤立、内疚、焦虑以及漫无目的的感觉——简而言之,这种神话防止了孤立以及社会的道德标准和价值观的衰败。这说明,共有的神话能够帮助美国人摆脱孤立、内疚、焦虑以及漫无目的的感觉。这与C项的意思相符。文中没有提到A、B;D与文章的意思不相符。
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