Vai al contenuto principale della pagina

Identity and the failure of America [[electronic resource] ] : from Thomas Jefferson to the War on Terror / / John Michael



(Visualizza in formato marc)    (Visualizza in BIBFRAME)

Autore: Michael John <1953-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: Identity and the failure of America [[electronic resource] ] : from Thomas Jefferson to the War on Terror / / John Michael Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, c2008
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (312 p.)
Disciplina: 305.8
305.800973
Soggetto topico: National characteristics, American
Nationalism - United States - History
Group identity - United States - History
Allegiance - United States - History
Failure (Psychology) - United States - History
Social justice - United States - History
American literature - History and criticism
Soggetto geografico: United States Social conditions
United States Politics and government
United States Intellectual life
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-294) and index.
Nota di contenuto: Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The Failure of America and the Claims of Identity; PART I. FAILED VIRTUES; 1. Jefferson's Headache: Race and the Failure of a Benevolent Republic; 2. Ahab's Cannibals: Vicissitudes of Command and the Failure of Manly Virtue; PART II. FAILED SYMPATHIES; 3. Lydia Maria Child's Romance: Cosmopolitan Imagination and the Failure of Gender Reform; 4. John Brown's Identities: Nat Turner and the Fear of Just Deserts; PART III. FAILED JUDGMENT; 5. Emerson's Activism: The Trials and Tribulations of an American Citizen
6. Douglass's Cosmopolitanism: American Empire and the Failure of Diplomatic RepresentationConclusion: American Identities and Global Terror; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; V; W
Sommario/riassunto: From Thomas Jefferson to John Rawls, justice has been at the center of America's self-image and national creed. At the same time, for many of its peoples-from African slaves and European immigrants to women and the poor-the American experience has been defined by injustice: oppression, disenfranchisement, violence, and prejudice. In Identity and the Failure of America, John Michael explores the contradictions between a mythic national identity promising justice to all and the realities of a divided, hierarchical, and frequently iniquitous history and social order. Through a series of insightfu
Titolo autorizzato: Identity and the failure of America  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-8166-5669-X
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910782792203321
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
Opac: Controlla la disponibilità qui