An Interesting Book From Awhile Ago

I saw an interesting book by Louis Fisher the other day. It was in the book section of a local thrift venue, with books at very low-prices, and also excellently classified, and displayed. It's a Madison thing I guess. Fisher's book is one of the raft of books about "the world" that came out just after WWII. I dont know how many there are really but I think I've seen a few others from that same period: a man looks around himself and sees a world. The man tries to discern just what that world is. The man nows tells everybody about what he's seen ---- tells all the folks back home. It is an opportunity for total creativity.
One can always basically paint one's own picture. Looking at the world the individual can see whatever the individual wants to see. The understanding of the world one will see in books written 175 years ago or older is often something entirely distinct as compared with today's fashion. Is today's view more correct? Well, I really, really doubt it. Even books depicting human society from the 1950's are seeing a different thing compared with what authors today see, and it works in both directions. Whether we fast forward or rewind it is not the same thing. For example, the whole particular take on slaves in a book written 175 years ago would differ compared to the concept of slavery in a book written today. The same would go for the concept of the African-American found in a book written in 1950 as compared with today.
This is not to say that a few books do not transcend. Oh yeah. Sure. Definitely; there are the great books. This is not the norm however; few writers can transcend whichever is the fashionable ideology of the time. I am afraid maybe these are just the books we usually end up reading! The superficial ones!

And I hope you are OK with that. It is similar if you look at the differences in view, between the conservative small town or rural person in our American South or Southwest and the urban, urbane and educated one in a Northern city, one who may be more liberal.
The later may be overeducated ---- but he still winds up buying the stereotype book. He is more engaged, has more sources of information, and yet, he too falls into an all too typical point-of-view. On the other hand our small-town or rural friend is totally off in fantasyland: they simply make stuff up. It is a wonder to observe this. It has its points, too. (I mean good ones.) I did observe it, in several years of moving around the Southwest. I found out that Mexicans are planning an imminent invasion of the United States, for example, they are going to use Arizona to enter, probably. And it is imperative that the white folks man the defense lines. (Not to mention that you guys immediately should elect McCain. If possible!!)
Contrary to what liberals reading this may be snickering and thinking, I gained more rather than less respect for this southwestern world, and for the decency of the persons in it. For: the whole point here is that this is what we do. We make it up. We always do this. It's nothing to be ashamed of, because civilization would not be around were the liberals to take over and stop society from this process of blocking reality and making up their own thing.

Oh, yeah, about the writer Louis Fisher: Interesting book. Pick it up. It'll do you about as much good as the average white man's bird's eye view of the Mid-East.