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| Part II: The High Life |
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| Prelude: The Metaphor of Height |
66 |
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| 5. The Commercialism of America's Heroic Ideal |
71 |
| The Cult of Prosperity |
71 |
| The Fantasy of Unlimited Possibilities |
76 |
| The Culture and Economics of Excess |
78 |
| A Healthy Ability to Say "No": A Gift of Depression |
84 |
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| 6. Heroic Mania |
87 |
| The Cult of Motion and Speed |
87 |
| The Dangers of Motion and Speed |
93 |
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| 7. The Imitation of Heroism |
100 |
| The Cult of Celebrity |
100 |
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| 8. Heroic Tunnel Vision |
107 |
| The Cults of Fundamentalism |
107 |
| The Trappings of Fundamentalism |
114 |
| Religious Mediocrity |
119 |
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| 9. The Escape from Heroism |
122 |
| Getting High: The Cult of Passion |
122 |
| The Meaning of the Drug Epidemic |
127 |
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| 10. The Metaphor of Depth |
133 |
| The Heart of the Matter |
133 |
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