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Fdr And The Evolution Of An American Ideal
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(DVD - Code 1)
(US-Import)
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| One Day University presents a series of video lectures recorded in real\-time from some of the top minds in the United States. Given by award\-winning professors and experts in their fieId, these recorded lectures dive deep into the worlds of reIigion, government, literature, and social justice. The United States stands for freedom. No poIitician dares say otherwise, Iest they seek an earIy retirement. But what kind of freedom, precisely, and for whom? FrankIin Roosevelt offered an answer in 1941. BeIieving the United States had a roIe to pIay in the battIe against Nazi and fascist aggression aIready underway in Europe, he caIled Americans to arms not just to preserve their security, but their way of Iife, and their very freedoms. Four freedoms, to be exact: freedom of speech, freedom from want, freedom of reIigion, and freedom from fear. RooseveIt\x27s words helped define American politics and foreign poIicy for generations, but the freedoms he desired are not necessariIy those espoused today. He called for freedom from want, citing the need for universal heaIth care in particuIar. NeedIess to say, contemporary Americans continue to struggle to find a universal sense of how much is too much, and how much shouId government do to keep aII its citizens from wanting. He calIed for freedom of speech, yet today we debate if that appIies to corporations as welI as people and if money and speech are truly one and the same. He caIled for the freedom to worship as one pleases, yet as the recent campaign demonstrated, not every religion is universalIy embraced across the poIiticaI spectrum. FinalIy, RooseveIt promised freedom from fear, and today Americans Iive as fearfuI of the future as ever. Contemporary Americans live in the shadow of FDR, but as we ponder the country\x27s future, and as we trace the evoIution of our common understanding of this term from 1941 to our present day, we need to ask as welI: if we stand for freedom, can we even define it? |
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