LEADER 03820nam 2200673 450 001 9910465833903321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-231-53791-3 024 7 $a10.7312/riti16868 035 $a(CKB)3710000000224876 035 $a(EBL)1785217 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001340405 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12569999 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001340405 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11380441 035 $a(PQKB)11333060 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1785217 035 $a(DE-B1597)458480 035 $a(OCoLC)890676063 035 $a(OCoLC)984649197 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780231537919 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1785217 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10929105 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL686539 035 $a(OCoLC)889883877 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000224876 100 $a20140920h20142014 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|nu---|u||u 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aIntimate strangers $eArendt, Marcuse, Solzhenitsyn, and Said in American political discourse /$fAndreea Deciu Ritivoi 205 $aPilot project. eBook available to selected US libraries only 210 1$aNew York, New York ;$aWest Sussex, England :$cColumbia University Press,$d2014. 210 4$dİ2014 215 $a1 online resource (319 p.) 300 $aIncludes index. 311 0 $a1-322-55257-6 311 0 $a0-231-16868-3 327 $tFront matter --$tCONTENTS --$tAcknowledgments --$tINTRODUCTION --$t1. THE STRANGER PERSONA --$t2. HANNAH ARENDT: THE THINKER AND THE AMERICAN REPUBLIC --$t3. HERBERT MARCUSE'S GERMAN REVOLUTION IN AMERICA --$t4. COLD WAR PROPHESIES: ALEXANDER SOLZHENITSYN AND MYTHOLOGICAL AMERICA --$t5. EDWARD SAID AND THE CLASH OF IDENTITIES --$tCONCLUSION --$tNotes --$tIndex 330 $aHannah Arendt, Herbert Marcuse, Alexander Solzhenitsyn, and Edward Said each steered major intellectual and political schools of thought in American political discourse after World War II, yet none of them was American, which proved crucial to their ways of arguing and reasoning both in and out of the American context. In an effort to convince their audiences they were American enough, these thinkers deployed deft rhetorical strategies that made their cosmopolitanism feel acceptable, inspiring radical new approaches to longstanding problems in American politics. Speaking like natives, they also exploited their foreignness to entice listeners to embrace alternative modes of thought. Intimate Strangers unpacks this "stranger ethos," a blend of detachment and involvement that manifested in the persona of a prophet for Solzhenitsyn, an impartial observer for Arendt, a mentor for Marcuse, and a victim for Said. Yet despite its many successes, the stranger ethos did alienate many audiences, and critics continue to dismiss these thinkers not for their positions but because of their foreign point of view. This book encourages readers to reject this kind of critical xenophobia, throwing support behind a political discourse that accounts for the ideals of citizens and noncitizens alike. 606 $aPolitics and culture$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aIntellectuals$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aRhetoric$xPolitical aspects$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 607 $aUnited States$xIntellectual life$y20th century 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aPolitics and culture$xHistory 615 0$aIntellectuals$xHistory 615 0$aRhetoric$xPolitical aspects$xHistory 676 $a320.97309/049 700 $aRitivoi$b Andreea Deciu$f1970-$01038497 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910465833903321 996 $aIntimate strangers$92460108 997 $aUNINA