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The world turned inside out : American thought and culture at the end of the 20th century /
This book explores American thought and culture in the formative moment of the late 20th century, in the aftermath of the fabled Sixties. The overall argument here is that the tendencies and sensibilities we associate with that earlier moment of upheaval decisively shaped intellectual agendas and cu...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Lanham, Md. :
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers,
c2010.
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| Colección: | American thought and culture.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | This book explores American thought and culture in the formative moment of the late 20th century, in the aftermath of the fabled Sixties. The overall argument here is that the tendencies and sensibilities we associate with that earlier moment of upheaval decisively shaped intellectual agendas and cultural practices, from the all volunteer Army to the cartoon politics of Disney movies, in the 1980s and 90s. By this accounting, the so-called Reagan Revolution was not only, or even mainly, a conservative event. By the same accounting, the Left, having seized the commanding heights of higher education, was never in danger of losing the so-called culture wars. At the end of the 20th century, the argument goes, the USA was much less conservative than it had been in 1975. The book takes supply-side economics and "South Park" equally seriously. It treats Freddy Kreuger, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and Ronald Reagan as comparable cultural icons. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xxii, 181 p., [22] p. of plates ). |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781442201170 1442201177 1282480561 9781282480568 9786612480560 6612480564 |