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Conclusion

Michael Jordan in the “Age of Lists”

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 January 2025

Zev Eleff
Affiliation:
Gratz College
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Summary

This concluding chapter examines the phenomenon of list-making in the 1970s and beyond. In this period, Americans were no longer piqued by a single symbolic exemplar, a greatest of all time. Post-Vietnam and Watergate, Americans desired choices, not conclusions. The popularity of lists supported this cultural impulse. In this context, the cultural biography of Michael Jordan stands out as a curious exception. How Jordan served as the exception that proved the rule helps summarize the essential themes of the book.

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The Greatest of All Time
A History of an American Obsession
, pp. 197 - 218
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2025

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  • Conclusion
  • Zev Eleff, Gratz College
  • Book: The Greatest of All Time
  • Online publication: 23 January 2025
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009572743.007
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  • Conclusion
  • Zev Eleff, Gratz College
  • Book: The Greatest of All Time
  • Online publication: 23 January 2025
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009572743.007
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  • Conclusion
  • Zev Eleff, Gratz College
  • Book: The Greatest of All Time
  • Online publication: 23 January 2025
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009572743.007
Available formats
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