The Truth about Patriotism
Autor Steven Johnstonen Limba Engleză Paperback – 28 aug 2007
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780822341109
ISBN-10: 0822341107
Pagini: 296
Ilustrații: 10 illustrations
Dimensiuni: 153 x 233 x 28 mm
Greutate: 0.42 kg
Editura: MD – Duke University Press
Locul publicării:United States
ISBN-10: 0822341107
Pagini: 296
Ilustrații: 10 illustrations
Dimensiuni: 153 x 233 x 28 mm
Greutate: 0.42 kg
Editura: MD – Duke University Press
Locul publicării:United States
Recenzii
Have you become wary of how benign patriotism is invoked to counter bellicose patriotism? In this book Steven Johnston shows you why that wariness is well grounded. He explains the traps attached to benign patriotism, and he presents an alternative suited to democratic life. An indispensable book for a post-Bush era.--William E. Connolly, author of Capitalism and Christianity, American StyleThis courageous book directly confronts a political impulse--patriotism--that has been a largely unchallenged cornerstone of American culture and, at the same time, an integral strategy for the deployment of hatred and resentment that threatens the democratic enterprise. Drawing on diverse sources (intellectual and popular; contemporary, historical, and classical), Steven Johnston questions the very possibility of a coherent American patriotism.--William Chaloupka, Professor of Political Science, Colorado State University
Notă biografică
Steven Johnston is Associate Professor in the Department of Government and International Affairs at the University of South Florida. He is the author of "Encountering Tragedy: Rousseau and the Project of Democratic Order."
Textul de pe ultima copertă
"This courageous book directly confronts a political impulse--patriotism--that has been a largely unchallenged cornerstone of American culture and, at the same time, an integral strategy for the deployment of hatred and resentment that threatens the democratic enterprise. Drawing on diverse sources (intellectual and popular; contemporary, historical, and classical), Steven Johnston questions the very possibility of a coherent American patriotism."--William Chaloupka, Professor of Political Science, Colorado State University
Cuprins
Acknowledgments ix
1. “Without External Picturesqueness,” Or, Why I Am Not a Patriot 1
2. This Patriotism Which Is Not One 21
3. Iconic Drama I: The Mortal Logic of Enmity 64
4. Iconic Drama II: The Socratic Way of Death 89
5. The American Memorial/Monument Complex I: The Architecture of Democratic Monuments 115
6. The American Memorial/Monument Complex II: Political Not Patriotic 138
7. Patriotism and Death: Wounded Patriotic Attachments 161
8. Bruce Springsteen and the Tragedy of the American Dream 198
Notes 233
Bibliography 269
Index 279
1. “Without External Picturesqueness,” Or, Why I Am Not a Patriot 1
2. This Patriotism Which Is Not One 21
3. Iconic Drama I: The Mortal Logic of Enmity 64
4. Iconic Drama II: The Socratic Way of Death 89
5. The American Memorial/Monument Complex I: The Architecture of Democratic Monuments 115
6. The American Memorial/Monument Complex II: Political Not Patriotic 138
7. Patriotism and Death: Wounded Patriotic Attachments 161
8. Bruce Springsteen and the Tragedy of the American Dream 198
Notes 233
Bibliography 269
Index 279
Descriere
Critique of the role of patriotism in democratic theory and its manifestation in popular culture as a mode of conceptualizing national cohesion