The Resource Grasping for the wind : humanity's search for meaning, Gadfly Productions, (videorecording)
Grasping for the wind : humanity's search for meaning, Gadfly Productions, (videorecording)
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The item Grasping for the wind : humanity's search for meaning, Gadfly Productions, (videorecording) represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Mid-Continent Public Library.
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- Summary
- By using history, biography, art, music, science and technology, this series of programs explores "the fundamental causes and results of the philosophical, social and moral changes around us ... [to] see that in modern humanity's search for meaning, we have been ... grasping for the wind."
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- DVD edition.
- Extent
- 1 videodisc (221 min.)
- Note
-
- DVD includes study guide in PDF format
- Written, directed, and based on the book by John W. Whitehead
- Program notes listed on the container: # 1: "Breaking the Past" shows that when a culture abandons its religious traditions, it must find something strong enough to replace those traditions to give people a sense of meaning. This episode compares Enlightenment thinkers to Romantic thinkers and also looks at the revolutionary ideas of the 20th century artists and writers including Allen Ginsberg, Bob Dylan and Johnny Rotten
- # 2: "Where Are We Going?" examines the 20th century's search for answers to questions such as "Where do we come from?," "Where are we going?," and "Who are we?" Some key people and films featured in this episode include Charles Darwin, Michelangelo, Jim Morrison and "Blade Runner."
- # 3: "Children of the Machine" explores the relationship between culture and technology through the works of Ernest Hemingway, Sigmund Freud and Salvador Dali, and films including "Batman," "Nosferatu" and "Blue Velvet."
- # 4: "The Lost Generation" describes how, with its moral base shaken, an American generation began seeking alternatives to Western Capitalism. Some of the key people and films featured include Albert Einstein, Margaret Sangor, Billy Haley and the Comets and "Citizen Kane."
- # 5: "The Fat Dream" recounts how many people, unable to make sense of the destruction from war, began seeking an escape through spectator sports, music, gambling, drugs, alcohol and sex. Key personalities and films in this episode include Joseph McCarthy, Marilyn Monroe, Elvis Presley and "Rebel Without a Cause."
- # 6: "The Winds of Revolution" shows how the youth movment of the 1950s escalated into a rebellion against traditional values in the 1960s. This was accented by politized musicians such as Bob Dylan and films including "Easy Rider," "Bonnie and Clyde" and the Beatles' "Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band."
- # 7: "The Narcissistic Culture" explains how much of America's culture, in a desperate search for absolutes, began turning to weight loss, sex advice and religious television. Some of the key people and films featured include Robert Mapplethorpe, The Sex Pistols, "The Big Chill" and "Forrest Gump."
- Contents
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- Breaking with the past
- Where are we going?
- Children of the machine
- The lost generation
- The fat dream
- The winds of revolution
- The narcissistic culture
- Isbn
- 9781563648427
- Label
- Grasping for the wind : humanity's search for meaning
- Title
- Grasping for the wind
- Title remainder
- humanity's search for meaning
- Statement of responsibility
- Gadfly Productions
- Title variation
- Humanity's search for meaning
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- By using history, biography, art, music, science and technology, this series of programs explores "the fundamental causes and results of the philosophical, social and moral changes around us ... [to] see that in modern humanity's search for meaning, we have been ... grasping for the wind."
- Cataloging source
- OXF
- Characteristic
- videorecording
- Credits note
- Narrator, Paul Horn ; director of photography, Joe Figucia ; classical music by various composers ; original music, Handsome Brothers Music
- Date time place
- DVD release of 1998 video series
- PerformerNote
- Host, John W. Whitehead
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
- 1946-
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
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- Whitehead, John W.
- Horn, Paul
- Gadfly Productions
- Vision Video (Firm)
- Handsome Brothers Music
- Glass Onion Productions, Inc
- Runtime
- 221
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Social evolution
- Civilization, Western
- Culture
- Arts and society
- Irreligion and sociology
- Religion and culture
- Technology and civilization
- Technology
- Technique
- live action
- Label
- Grasping for the wind : humanity's search for meaning, Gadfly Productions, (videorecording)
- Note
-
- DVD includes study guide in PDF format
- Written, directed, and based on the book by John W. Whitehead
- Program notes listed on the container: # 1: "Breaking the Past" shows that when a culture abandons its religious traditions, it must find something strong enough to replace those traditions to give people a sense of meaning. This episode compares Enlightenment thinkers to Romantic thinkers and also looks at the revolutionary ideas of the 20th century artists and writers including Allen Ginsberg, Bob Dylan and Johnny Rotten
- # 2: "Where Are We Going?" examines the 20th century's search for answers to questions such as "Where do we come from?," "Where are we going?," and "Who are we?" Some key people and films featured in this episode include Charles Darwin, Michelangelo, Jim Morrison and "Blade Runner."
- # 3: "Children of the Machine" explores the relationship between culture and technology through the works of Ernest Hemingway, Sigmund Freud and Salvador Dali, and films including "Batman," "Nosferatu" and "Blue Velvet."
- # 4: "The Lost Generation" describes how, with its moral base shaken, an American generation began seeking alternatives to Western Capitalism. Some of the key people and films featured include Albert Einstein, Margaret Sangor, Billy Haley and the Comets and "Citizen Kane."
- # 5: "The Fat Dream" recounts how many people, unable to make sense of the destruction from war, began seeking an escape through spectator sports, music, gambling, drugs, alcohol and sex. Key personalities and films in this episode include Joseph McCarthy, Marilyn Monroe, Elvis Presley and "Rebel Without a Cause."
- # 6: "The Winds of Revolution" shows how the youth movment of the 1950s escalated into a rebellion against traditional values in the 1960s. This was accented by politized musicians such as Bob Dylan and films including "Easy Rider," "Bonnie and Clyde" and the Beatles' "Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band."
- # 7: "The Narcissistic Culture" explains how much of America's culture, in a desperate search for absolutes, began turning to weight loss, sex advice and religious television. Some of the key people and films featured include Robert Mapplethorpe, The Sex Pistols, "The Big Chill" and "Forrest Gump."
- Carrier category
- videodisc
- Carrier category code
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- vd
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- mixed
- Configuration of playback channels
- stereophonic
- Content category
- two-dimensional moving image
- Content type code
-
- tdi
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Breaking with the past -- Where are we going? -- Children of the machine -- The lost generation -- The fat dream -- The winds of revolution -- The narcissistic culture
- Control code
- ocm58441004
- Dimensions
- 4 3/4 in.
- Dimensions
- other
- Edition
- DVD edition.
- Extent
- 1 videodisc (221 min.)
- Isbn
- 9781563648427
- Media category
- video
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- v
- Medium for sound
- videodisc
- Other physical details
- sound, color with black and white sequences
- Sound on medium or separate
- sound on medium
- Specific material designation
- videodisc
- Stock number
- 4842D
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) o58441004
- (Sirsi) o58441004
- System details
- DVD ; stereo ; system requirements for learning guides: PC or Mac with Adobe Acrobat software, DVD-ROM drive
- Video recording format
- DVD
- Label
- Grasping for the wind : humanity's search for meaning, Gadfly Productions, (videorecording)
- Note
-
- DVD includes study guide in PDF format
- Written, directed, and based on the book by John W. Whitehead
- Program notes listed on the container: # 1: "Breaking the Past" shows that when a culture abandons its religious traditions, it must find something strong enough to replace those traditions to give people a sense of meaning. This episode compares Enlightenment thinkers to Romantic thinkers and also looks at the revolutionary ideas of the 20th century artists and writers including Allen Ginsberg, Bob Dylan and Johnny Rotten
- # 2: "Where Are We Going?" examines the 20th century's search for answers to questions such as "Where do we come from?," "Where are we going?," and "Who are we?" Some key people and films featured in this episode include Charles Darwin, Michelangelo, Jim Morrison and "Blade Runner."
- # 3: "Children of the Machine" explores the relationship between culture and technology through the works of Ernest Hemingway, Sigmund Freud and Salvador Dali, and films including "Batman," "Nosferatu" and "Blue Velvet."
- # 4: "The Lost Generation" describes how, with its moral base shaken, an American generation began seeking alternatives to Western Capitalism. Some of the key people and films featured include Albert Einstein, Margaret Sangor, Billy Haley and the Comets and "Citizen Kane."
- # 5: "The Fat Dream" recounts how many people, unable to make sense of the destruction from war, began seeking an escape through spectator sports, music, gambling, drugs, alcohol and sex. Key personalities and films in this episode include Joseph McCarthy, Marilyn Monroe, Elvis Presley and "Rebel Without a Cause."
- # 6: "The Winds of Revolution" shows how the youth movment of the 1950s escalated into a rebellion against traditional values in the 1960s. This was accented by politized musicians such as Bob Dylan and films including "Easy Rider," "Bonnie and Clyde" and the Beatles' "Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band."
- # 7: "The Narcissistic Culture" explains how much of America's culture, in a desperate search for absolutes, began turning to weight loss, sex advice and religious television. Some of the key people and films featured include Robert Mapplethorpe, The Sex Pistols, "The Big Chill" and "Forrest Gump."
- Carrier category
- videodisc
- Carrier category code
-
- vd
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- mixed
- Configuration of playback channels
- stereophonic
- Content category
- two-dimensional moving image
- Content type code
-
- tdi
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Breaking with the past -- Where are we going? -- Children of the machine -- The lost generation -- The fat dream -- The winds of revolution -- The narcissistic culture
- Control code
- ocm58441004
- Dimensions
- 4 3/4 in.
- Dimensions
- other
- Edition
- DVD edition.
- Extent
- 1 videodisc (221 min.)
- Isbn
- 9781563648427
- Media category
- video
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- v
- Medium for sound
- videodisc
- Other physical details
- sound, color with black and white sequences
- Sound on medium or separate
- sound on medium
- Specific material designation
- videodisc
- Stock number
- 4842D
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) o58441004
- (Sirsi) o58441004
- System details
- DVD ; stereo ; system requirements for learning guides: PC or Mac with Adobe Acrobat software, DVD-ROM drive
- Video recording format
- DVD
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