Primitive America : the ideology of capitalist democracy /
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...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Minneapolis :
University of Minnesota Press,
©2007.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | 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. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xv, 135 pages) |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 127-132) and index. |
ISBN: | 9780816654253 0816654255 |