Civic war & the corruption of the citizen / / Peter Alexander Meyers

• Autore: Meyers Peter Alexander
• Pubblicazione: Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 2008
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (378 p.)
• Disciplina: 973.931
• Soggetto topico: September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001 - Influence; War on Terrorism, 2001-2009; Cold War
• Soggetto geografico: United States Politics and government 2001-2009; United States Politics and government 20th century
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [309]-342) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Note to the Reader -- Port of Entry -- 1. From Shock to Terror -- 2. From Terror to War -- 3. The Circle of War and Emergency -- 4. The Norm of Complicity and the Regeneration of Emergency through Violence -- 5. The Cold War Is Not Over -- 6. The Distemper of Monocracy -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: In this unique book, Peter Alexander Meyers leads us through the social processes by which shock incites terror, terror invites war, war invokes emergency, and emergency supports unchecked power. He then reveals how the domestic political culture created by the Cold War has driven these developments forward since 9/11, contending that our failure to acknowledge that this Cold War continues today is precisely what makes it so dangerous. With eloquence and urgency Meyers argues that the mantra of our time-"everything changed on 9/11!"-is false and per
• Altri titoli varianti: Civic war and the corruption of the citizen
• Titolo autorizzato: Civic war & the corruption of the citizen
• ISBN: 9786612070068; 9781282070066; 1282070061; 9780226522104; 0226522105
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910971919703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II