1964

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Camp is a vision of the world in terms of style-but a particular kind of style. It is the love of the exaggerated, the "off," of things-being-what-they-are-not... The ultimate Camp statement: it's good because it's awful.

Susan Sontag

Notes on Camp

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Topic

Camp Taste

Author

Susan Sontag

Source

Notes on Camp Against Interpretation

Medium

Essay

Statement Type

Definition

Language

English

Time

1964 1960s 20th century

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Citation

Sontag, Susan. "Notes on 'Camp.'" Partisan Review, Fall 1964.

But there was one other thing that the grownups also knew, and it was this: that however small the chance might be of striking lucky, the chance was there. The chance had to be there.

Roald Dahl

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

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Luck Probability

Author

Roald Dahl

Source

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Medium

Novel

Genre

Children's literature

Language

English

Time

1964 1960s 20th century

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Citation

Dahl, Roald. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Alfred A. Knopf, 1964.

The distinguishing thing about the paranoid style is not that its exponents see conspiracies or plots here and there in history, but that they regard a "vast" or "gigantic" conspiracy as the motive force in historical events. History is a conspiracy, set in motion by demonic forces of almost trancendent power, and what is felt to be needed to defeat it is no the usual methods of political give and take, but an all-out crusade.

Richard Hofstadter

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Topic

Conspiracy theories

Author

Richard Hofstadter

Source

The Paranoid Style in American Politics

Genre

Political literature

Language

English

Time

1964 1960s 20th century

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Citation

Hofstadter, Richard. "The Paranoid Style in American Politics." Harper's Magazine, Nov. 1964.

The medium is the message.

Marshall McLuhan

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Topic

Media Communication

Author

Marshall McLuhan

Source

Understanding Media

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

English

Time

1964 1960s 20th century

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Citation

McLuhan, Marshall. Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man. McGraw-Hill, 1964, ch. 1.

This Nation--this generation--in this hour, has man's first chance to build the Great Society--a place where the meaning of man's life matches the marvels of man's labor.

Lyndon B. Johnson

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Topic

Social democracy Role of government American politics

Speaker

Lyndon B. Johnson

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1964 1960s 20th century

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Citation

Johnson, Lyndon B. Address accepting the presidential nomination. Democratic National Convention. 27 Aug. 1964, Atlantic City, NJ, USA.

A modern democracy is a tyranny whose borders are undefined; one discovers how far one can go only by traveling in a straight line until one is stopped.

Norman Mailer

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Democracy

Author

Norman Mailer

Source

The Presidential Papers

Genre

Political literature

Language

English

Time

1964 1960s 20th century

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Citation

Mailer, Norman. The Presidential Papers. Bantam Books, 1964, preface.

Throughout the ages, man has conquered tragedy with his ability to create works of art.

Will Barnet

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Topic

Art as therapy Purpose of art Art

Speaker

Will Barnet

Source

22 Famous Painters and Illustrators Tell How They Work

Medium

Interview

Language

English

Time

1964 1960s 20th century

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Citation

Barnet, Will. "Interview with Mary Anne Guitar." 22 Famous Painters and Illustrators Tell How They Work. David McKay, 1964, p. 11.

Politics are usually the executive expression of human immaturity.

Vera Brittain

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Politics

Author

Vera Brittain

Source

The Rebel Passion

Language

English

Time

1964 1960s 20th century

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Citation

Brittain, Vera. The Rebel Passion. Fellowship Publications/Allen & Unwin, 1964.

Debate on public issues should be uninhibited, robust, and wide-open, and that it may well include vehement, caustic, and sometimes unpleasantly sharp attacks on government and public officials.

William J. Brennan, Jr

New York Times Company v. Sullivan

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Freedom of speech and expression First Amendment Bill of Rights Constitutional law

Author

William J. Brennan, Jr

Source

New York Times Company v. Sullivan

Medium

Supreme Court opinion Legal opinion

Genre

Legal writing

Language

English

Time

1964 1960s 20th century

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Brennan, William J., Jr. United States, Supreme Court. New York Times Company v. Sullivan. United States Reports, vol. 376, 9 Mar. 1964, pp. 254-305. Justia, supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/376/254/.

My country is not a country, it is winter.

Gilles Vigneault

Mon Pays

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Topic

Canada

Speaker

Gilles Vigneault

Source

Mon Pays

Medium

Song

Language

French

Time

1964 1960s 20th century

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Citation

"Mon Pays [My Country]." La Neige a Fondu sur la Manicouagan [The Snow Has Melted on the Manicouagan]. Directed by Arthur Lamothe, composed by Gilles Vigneault, National Film Board of Canada, 1965.