The 1960s demolished the notion that "high" culture was the only culture worth arguing for.
The authors have some success in demolishing the notion that China is a threat to the West, but they are confused about its economic and political prospects.
Between 1995 and 1999, an exhibit titled "War of Extermination: Crimes of the Wehrmacht, 1941-1944," produced by a German tobacco heir named Jan Philipp Reemtsma, travelled through Germany and Austria and was seen by almost a million people, generating controversy but also demolishing the notion that the Wehrmacht had not participated in genocide.
But just as releasing a birth certificate marginalized one falsehood, Mr. Obama's risky and audacious decision to attack the Bin Laden compound in Pakistan has demolished the notion that he cannot make tough decisions or cares primarily about the nation's image abroad.
"The Village Voice was originally conceived as a living, breathing attempt to demolish the notion that one needs to be a professional to accomplish something in a field as purportedly technical as journalism," he wrote in the introduction to "The Village Voice Reader," in 1962.
A quote from Dan Wolf, one of the Voice's founders, on the paper's editorial policy summarizes my lament: "The Village Voice was originally conceived as a living, breathing attempt to demolish the notion that one needs to be a professional to accomplish something in a field as purportedly technical as journalism".
It demolished the notion of an objective reality with all that it implied: the unity of nature, both human and physical, the universality of natural laws, the determination of physical processes, and the ability of science to solve all problems of the natural world.
Phillipson demolishes the old notion, popular in Germany, that there was some change of heart between The Theory and The Wealth of Nations, one hopes for all time.
It demolishes the old notion that traditional broadcast must lead and other elements must follow, allowing for organic and authentic stories to be told across devices and channels to reach audiences wherever they may view - a strong and novel concept and as yet, still unrealized and missing nearly a billion opportunistic monthly views.
