Jill Lepore's idea that wounds and words win wars has continued to stick with me through this class. I have talked about the importance of communication in a couple different posts, but I am again drawn to the importance of words, the interpretation of war, and the communications that lead to war.
Poterfield says, "the breakdown of traditional religious belief had strong precedents and antecedents in American history." She then goes on to talk about writers and teachers (communicators) who broke the ground for the cultural critics of the '60s and '70s.
Novak talks about how Vietnam was seen on the TV and how that made people of faith uneasy. He also talks about how the lack of communication (the lack of listening, actually) within differing American viewpoints makes peace very difficult. Perhaps these thoughts seem unrelated, but they all tie back to the importance of communication. We saw in A Common Sense that communication can be used to manipulate and communication can be used to start wars. But without communication peace can never be found. So how does good communication happen without manipulation? Think about watching real live war on TV, is that manipulation or just communication?
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