Bill Moyers
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Bill Moyers was born in Hugo, Oklahoma, on June 5, 1934. He attended North Texas State College, the University of Texas at Austin, earning his Bachelor's Degree in Journalism in 1956, the University of Edinburgh in Scotland from 1956 to 1957 and the Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort mostra altro Worth, Texas in 1959. After college, Moyers joined the staff of Senator Lyndon B. Johnson as his personal assistant, from 1960 to 1961. From 1961 to 1962, Moyers was the associate director of public affairs for the Peace Corps, and deputy director of the Peace Corps in 1963. He later joined Johnson again, this time as special assistant to the President, from 1963 to 1967. He became the Press Secretary, in 1965 until 1967. That same year, he began as publisher of Newsday, holding the position until 1970. He then became producer and editor of the Bill Moyers' Journal for PBS from 1971-76, and an anchor for USA: People and Politics from 1978 till 1981. In 1976 he joined CBS as chief correspondent for CBS Reports for two years. He was the senior news analyst for CBS News from 1981 to 1986 and has been executive editor of Public Affairs Programming Inc. since 1986. Over the course of his many years in journalism, Bill Moyers has earned and received many awards and honors, among them, an Honorary doctorate, from the American Film Institute; numerous Emmy Awards; the Ralph Lowell medal for contribution to public television; George Peabody awards, 1976, 1980, 1985-86, 1988-90; DuPont/Columbia Silver Baton award, 1979, 1986, 1988; Gold Baton award, 1991; and the George Polk awards, 1981, 1986. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno
Serie
Opere di Bill Moyers
A World of Ideas : Conversations With Thoughtful Men and Women About American Life Today and the Ideas Shaping Our… (1989) 549 copie
The Hero's Adventure [1988 Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth TV episode] (1988) — Regista — 54 copie
The Secret Government: The Constitution in Crisis: With Excerpts from "An Essay on Watergate" (1988) 49 copie
Love and the Goddess [1988 Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth TV episode] (1988) — Regista — 19 copie
The First Storytellers [1988 Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth TV episode] (1992) — Regista — 17 copie
The Message of the Myth [1988 Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth TV episode] (1991) — Regista — 17 copie
Sacrifice and Bliss [1988 Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth TV episode] (1991) — Regista — 16 copie
Masks of Eternity [1988 Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth TV episode] (1992) — Regista — 16 copie
Bill Moyers : on our own terms (2000, television series, Set wBooklet) (2011) — Writer, Executive Producer, Host — 7 copie
Genesis and the Millennium: An Essay on Religious Pluralism in the Twenty-First Century (2000) 6 copie
Bill Moyers' World of Ideas Anthology Collection : Conversations with Thoughtful Men and Women about American Life… (1989) 5 copie
Earth on Edge VHS 3 copie
A Walk through the 20th century with Bill Moyers. The Democrat and the dictator (VHS 58 min color) 2 copie
The Language of Life: Welcome to the Mainland: Sekou Sundiata and Naomi Shihab Nye (1995, television episode 7) (2000) — Host — 2 copie
Nuns, Faith, and Politics 2 copie
Free Speech for Sale; VHS tape 1 copia
BILL MOYERS: AMAZING GRACE 1 copia
World of Ideas 1 copia
Close to Home: Moyers on Addiction (pt. 1-2) (VHS) 1) Portrait of Addiction 2) The Hijacked Brain 1 copia
Umysł i uzdrawianie : książka ukazująca nierozerwalne związki między umysłem i ciałem, prowadząca do… (1994) 1 copia
Spirit and nature 1 copia
Spirit and Nature [VHS] 1 copia
Speaking to Power (NOW) - VHS 1 copia
Dying (VHS) 1 copia
Violence (VHS) 1 copia
Genesis: A Living Conversation 1 copia
Moyers : Report from Philadelphia : the Constitutional Convention of 1787 : a day-by-day account of the meetings and… (1987) 1 copia
Solutions to Violence: Making Our Neighborhoods Safe / Early Intervention (The Moyers Collection) [2 VHS VIDEOS] (1995) 1 copia
The Language of Life: Love's Confusing Joy: Coleman Barks on Poet Jelaluddin Rumi (1995, television episode 2) (1995) 1 copia
Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth: Sacrifice and Bliss; Love and the Goddess; and Masks of Eternity (3 Video Tapes:… (1988) — Regista — 1 copia
Bill Moyers Journal: religious scholar Karen Armstrong 3/13/2009 [video recording] (2009) — Host — 1 copia
Opere correlate
Democracy in Print: The best of the Progressive Magazine, 1909-2009 (2009) — Collaboratore — 14 copie
Becoming American: The Chinese Experience [2002 TV series] — Narratore — 5 copie
Etichette
Informazioni generali
- Data di nascita
- 1934-06-05
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Luogo di nascita
- Hugo, Oklahoma, USA
- Luogo di residenza
- Marshall, Texas, USA
Washington, D.C., USA
New York, New York, USA - Istruzione
- University of Texas, Austin
Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary - Attività lavorative
- reporter
press secretary
publisher
broadcaster - Relazioni
- Moyers, William Cope (son)
- Organizzazioni
- Marshall News Messenger
Peace Corps
Newsday
PBS
CBS
NBC (mostra tutto 7)
Schumann Center for Media and Democracy - Premi e riconoscimenti
- Charles Frankel Prize (1996)
Ridenhour Courage Prize (2008)
National Humanities Medal (1996)
Utenti
Recensioni
The Power of Myth di Joseph Campbell
The national bestseller, now available in a non-illustrated, standard format paperback edition The Power of Myth launched an extraordinary resurgence of interest in Joseph Campbell and his work. A preeminent scholar, writer, and teacher, he has had a profound influence on millions of people--including Star Wars creator George Lucas. To Campbell, mythology was the "song of the universe, the music of the spheres." With Bill Moyers, one of America's most prominent journalists, as his thoughtful and engaging interviewer, The Power of Myth touches on subjects from modern marriage to virgin births, from Jesus to John Lennon, offering a brilliant combination of intelligence and wit. This extraordinary book reveals how the themes and symbols of ancient narratives continue to bring meaning to birth, death, love, and war. From stories of the gods and goddesses of ancient Greece and Rome to traditions of Buddhism, Hinduism and Christianity, a broad array of themes are considered that together identify the universality of human experience across time and culture. An impeccable match of interviewer and subject, a timeless distillation of Campbell's work, The Power of Myth continues to exert a profound influence on our culture.… (altro)
The national bestseller, now available in a non-illustrated, standard format paperback edition The Power of Myth launched an extraordinary resurgence of interest in Joseph Campbell and his work. A preeminent scholar, writer, and teacher, he has had a profound influence on millions of people--including Star Wars creator George Lucas. To Campbell, mythology was the "song of the universe, the music of the spheres." With Bill Moyers, one of America's most prominent journalists, as his thoughtful and engaging interviewer, The Power of Myth touches on subjects from modern marriage to virgin births, from Jesus to John Lennon, offering a brilliant combination of intelligence and wit. This extraordinary book reveals how the themes and symbols of ancient narratives continue to bring meaning to birth, death, love, and war. From stories of the gods and goddesses of ancient Greece and Rome to traditions of Buddhism, Hinduism and Christianity, a broad array of themes are considered that together identify the universality of human experience across time and culture. An impeccable match of interviewer and subject, a timeless distillation of Campbell's work, The Power of Myth continues to exert a profound influence on our culture.… (altro)
Campbell writes well and draws exciting references into his argument. Classical myths power our thinking is his central thesis, and follows through much of his work. The problem is that this thesis is never really subjected to a rigorous test. And as such this simple general view of myth powering all thoughts fails to solve explain many of the memetic evolutions we have seen in the last 10 years or so.
I had several problems with this book: The interview transcript format did not work for me, there was too much emphasis on Christianity and Star Wars, the illustrations seemed tokenistic, and in some curious way, remarks that should have been timeless seemed dated. But I opened this book with purpose and in some respects, I found the wisdom I was looking for. I had recently returned from an ancient mountain walk in Japan called the Kumano Kodo. I was struck by the number of small shrines to mountain spirits along the way as well as the way sacred space was delineated by gateless tori gates. So I resolved to assemble a shrine to the mountain spirits that surround me, and create a sacred space where I could be open to my feelings of mystery, awe, and humility.
The stages of human development are the same today as they were in ancient times. As a child, you are bought up in a world of discipline, of obedience, and you are dependent on others. All this has to be transcended when you come to maturity, so that you can live not in dependence but in self-responsible authority. If you can’t cross that threshold, you have the basis for neurosis. Then comes the one after you have gained your world, of yielding it – the crisis of dismissal, disengagement. (p.70)With this comes an awareness that now, as an old man, I disengage from the from the secular dimensions of the world, I am engaging with the spiritual dimensions of my place in it – in nature. .
Moyers: …What does it Mean to have a sacred space? Campbell: This is an absolute necessity for anybody today…This is a place where you can simply experience and bring forth what you are and what you might be. This is the place of creative incubation. At first you may find that nothing happens there. But if you have a sacred place and use it, something eventually will happen. (p.92)Curiously, Joseph Campbell then asserts that there are no longer any sacred spaces.
Moyers: Where are the sacred places today? Campbell: They don’t exist. (p.94)… (altro)
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- Opere
- 138
- Opere correlate
- 11
- Utenti
- 12,485
- Popolarità
- #1,879
- Voto
- 4.2
- Recensioni
- 103
- ISBN
- 166
- Lingue
- 11
- Preferito da
- 9
