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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Livingston, James, 1949-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2010.
Colección:American thought and culture.
Temas:
Since 1900
Popular culture > United States > History > 20th century.
Political culture > United States > History > 20th century.
Social change > United States > History > 20th century.
Culture populaire > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
HISTORY.
Intellectual life.
Political culture.
Politics and government.
Popular culture.
Social change.
Social conditions.
United States > Intellectual life > 20th century.
United States > Politics and government > 1981-1989.
United States > Politics and government > 1989-
United States > Social conditions > 1980-2020.
États-Unis > Vie intellectuelle > 20e siècle.
États-Unis > Politique et gouvernement > 1981-1989.
États-Unis > Politique et gouvernement > 1989-
United States.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface: The world elsewhere is not
  • Chronology
  • "From dusk to dawn" : origins and effects of the Reagan revolution
  • "Tenured radicals" in the ivory tower : the great transformation of higher education
  • The creators and constituents of the "postmodern condition"
  • "Signs of signs" : watching the end of modernity at the cineplex
  • "Angels in America" : technologies of desire and recognition
  • The ending of the "American century"
  • Appendix: Their Great Depression and ours.

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