Primitive America [[electronic resource] ] : the ideology of capitalist democracy / / Paul Smith

• Autore: Smith Paul <1954 Nov. 23->
• Pubblicazione: Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, c2007
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (153 p.)
• Disciplina: 973
• Soggetto topico: Capitalism - United States; Democracy - United States
• Soggetto geografico: United States Civilization
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 127-132) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents -- Preamble -- "We" and "you" -- Dialectics -- Freedom, equality, democracy -- Love and contradiction -- What is not allowed to be said -- Narcissistic symbols -- Narcissistic refraction -- Subject of value -- Historical fictions -- Primitive -- Fetishism -- Atavism -- Primitive accumulation -- Imperial power -- Meaningless politics -- Ideologues -- Fascism -- Legal matters -- Animals -- Human rights -- Precarious politics -- Acknowledgments -- Works cited.
• Sommario/riassunto: For cultural critic Paul Smith, the tension between progressive and primitive is a constitutive condition of American history and culture. In Primitive America, Smith contemplates this primary contradiction as it has played out in the years since 9/11. An urgent and important engagement with current American policies and practices, Primitive America is, at the same time, an incisive critique of the ideology that fuels the ethos of America's capitalist culture.
• Altri titoli varianti: Ideology of capitalist democracy
• Titolo autorizzato: Primitive America
• ISBN: 0-8166-5425-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910781822203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II