Format:
Online-Ressource (386 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2010 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
0472098659
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9780472068654
Series Statement:
Contemporary Political and Social Issues Ser.
Content:
Unforgettable observations on key issues from a leading authority on contemporary American culture.
Content:
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I: Country -- Alien Nation -- Strangled by Roots -- Anti-American Studies -- Part II: God -- The Return of Evil -- The Hermeneutic Hole -- White Magic in America -- Faith and Diversity in American Religion -- Higher Learning -- Part III: Race -- Climbing the Mountain -- The Facts and the Feelings -- Margaret Mead Goes to Harlem -- Affirmative Action, Inc. -- Part IV: Schools -- The Jeremiah Racket -- Subject Matter Matters -- Part V: Sex -- The Mystique of Betty Friedan -- The Professor of Desire -- Up from Scientism -- Part VI: Consumption -- Undialectical Materialism -- Buying Alone -- The Greening of Conservatism -- Part VII: Left and Right -- The Snake -- The Revolution That Never Was -- Idiot Time -- Conclusion -- The Fame Game -- The Calling of the Public Intellectual -- Books Discussed.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 381-386)
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780472068654
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780472068654
Language:
English
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=3414814
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