A society that presumes a norm of violence and celebrates aggression, whether in the subway, on the football field, or in the conduct of its business, cannot help making celebrities of the people who would destroy it.


Harper's (March 1985)

Lewis H. Lapham Quotes

A society that presumes a norm of violence and celebrates aggression, whether in the subway, on the football field, or in the conduct of its...

A society that presumes a norm of violence and celebrates aggression, whether in the subway, on the football field, or in the conduct of its...

A society that presumes a norm of violence and celebrates aggression, whether in the subway, on the football field, or in the conduct of its...

A society that presumes a norm of violence and celebrates aggression, whether in the subway, on the football field, or in the conduct of its...