American culture of despair : the sacred, secularity, and the test of time /

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Recent developments have made many social scientists and commentators wonder whether the United States is still a relatively modern, secular, and democratic society. Instead, America shows signs of the cultural despair that preceded the rise of fascism in Nazi Germany. Taking a careful look at such...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Fenn, Richard K. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2017.
Temas:
Authoritarianism > United States.
Autoritarisme > États-Unis.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Essays.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > National.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Reference.
Authoritarianism
Manners and customs
Social conditions
United States > Social conditions.
United States > Social life and customs.
États-Unis > Conditions sociales.
États-Unis > Mœurs et coutumes.
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Foreword: Imagining the sacred
  • The culture of American despair
  • Critical moments and the call for authoritarian leadership
  • In modern America, is sacred memory a thing of the past?
  • American despair and the longing for sovereignty
  • Cultural despair and the loss of the future
  • The American dilemma: monarchy in the Whitehouse
  • The American dilemma
  • Sanctifying the critical moment
  • Secularization and finality
  • What now?

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