America's shadow [[electronic resource] ] : an anatomy of empire / / William V. Spanos

• Autore: Spanos William V
• Pubblicazione: Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, c2000
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (313 p.)
• Disciplina: 325/.32/0973
• Soggetto topico: Vietnam War, 1961-1975 - United States; Vietnam War, 1961-1975 - Influence; Imperialism - History - 20th century; East and West; Postmodernism - Political aspects - United States
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-272) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. The Ontological Origins of Occidental Imperialism: Thinking the Meta of Metaphysics; 2. Culture and Colonization: The Imperial Imperatives of the Centered Circle; 3. Vietnam and the Pax Americana: A Genealogy of the ""New World Order""; 4. ""Theory"" and the End of History: Rethinking Postmodernity; 5. Thinking in the Interregnum: Prolegomenon to a Spectral Politics; Notes; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: A study of imperialism that stretches from ancient Rome to the post-Cold War world and focuses on the Vietnam War, this provocative work boldly revises our assumptions about the genealogy of the West.
• Titolo autorizzato: America's shadow
• ISBN: 0-8166-9021-9; 0-8166-5294-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910451707403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II