Rendezvous with Oblivion
Autor Thomas Franken Limba Engleză Paperback – 17 iun 2019
What does a middle-class democracy look like when it comes apart? When, after forty years of economic triumph, America's winners persuade themselves that they owe nothing to the rest of the country? With his sharp eye for detail, Thomas Frank takes us on a wide-ranging tour through present-day America, showing us a society in the late stages of disintegration and describing the worlds of both the winners and the losers--the sprawling mansion districts as well as the lives of fast-food workers. Rendezvous with Oblivion is a collection of interlocking essays examining how inequality has manifested itself in our cities, in our jobs, in the way we travel--and of course in our politics, where in 2016, millions of anxious ordinary people rallied to the presidential campaign of a billionaire who meant them no good. These accounts of folly and exploitation are here brought together in a single volume unified by Frank's distinctive voice, sardonic wit, and anti-orthodox perspective. They capture a society where every status signifier is hollow, where the allure of mobility is just another con game, and where rebellion too often yields nothing. For those who despair of the future of our country and of reason itself, Rendezvous with Oblivion is a booster shot of energy, reality, and moral outrage.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781250214874
ISBN-10: 1250214874
Pagini: 240
Dimensiuni: 156 x 215 x 18 mm
Greutate: 0.16 kg
Editura: Wattpad WEBTOON Book Group
ISBN-10: 1250214874
Pagini: 240
Dimensiuni: 156 x 215 x 18 mm
Greutate: 0.16 kg
Editura: Wattpad WEBTOON Book Group
Notă biografică
Thomas Frank
Cuprins
Introduction: The First Shall Be First 1
Part 1: Many Vibrant Mansions
Servile Disobedience 11
The Architecture of Inequality 21
Home of the Whopper 33
Meet the DYKWIAs 47
Dead End on Shakin' Stree t55
Part 2: Too Smart to Fail
Academy Fight Song 71
A Matter of Degrees 91
Course Corrections 101
Part 3: The Poverty of Centrism
Beltway Trifecta 113
The Animatronic Presidency 123
Bully Pulpit 135
The Powers That Were 145
Part 4: The Explosion
Why Millions of Ordinary Americans Support Donald Trump 171
Rendezvous with Oblivion 181
How the Democrats Could Win Again, If They Wanted 187
Main Street USA 193
America Made Great Again 205
Acknowledgments 227
Part 1: Many Vibrant Mansions
Servile Disobedience 11
The Architecture of Inequality 21
Home of the Whopper 33
Meet the DYKWIAs 47
Dead End on Shakin' Stree t55
Part 2: Too Smart to Fail
Academy Fight Song 71
A Matter of Degrees 91
Course Corrections 101
Part 3: The Poverty of Centrism
Beltway Trifecta 113
The Animatronic Presidency 123
Bully Pulpit 135
The Powers That Were 145
Part 4: The Explosion
Why Millions of Ordinary Americans Support Donald Trump 171
Rendezvous with Oblivion 181
How the Democrats Could Win Again, If They Wanted 187
Main Street USA 193
America Made Great Again 205
Acknowledgments 227
Descriere
From the acclaimed author of Listen, Liberal and What's the Matter with Kansas, a scathing collection of his incisive commentary on our cruel times - perfect for this political moment.