Civic war & the corruption of the citizen /

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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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Meyers, Peter Alexander
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2008.
Temas:
Since 1900
September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001 > Influence.
War on Terrorism, 2001-2009.
Cold War.
Guerre contre le terrorisme, 2001-2009.
Guerre froide.
HISTORY.
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Politics and government
United States > Politics and government > 2001-
United States > Politics and government > 20th century.
États-Unis > Politique et gouvernement > 20e siècle.
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • From shock to terror
  • From terror to war
  • The circle of war and emergency
  • The norm of complicity and the regeneration of emergency through violence
  • The Cold War is not over
  • The distemper of monocracy
  • The Cold War today
  • Today's Cold War in the system of opportunism
  • Civic war and the monocratic tendency
  • Two poles of power : monocratic omnipotence and Jeffersonian justification
  • Phases of communication : secrets, lies, and publicness
  • The export of "moral clarity"
  • The Cold War comes home : the revival of Reaganism
  • The breeding ground of monocracy
  • The constitution of power and the corruption of the citizen after September 11th.

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