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Authority and trust in US culture and society : interdisciplinary approaches and perspectives /

In the past two decades, a discourse of crisis has emerged about the democratic institutions and political culture of the US: Many structures of authority which people had more or less taken for granted are facing a massive public loss of trust. This volume takes an interdisciplinary and historical...

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Cote:Libro Electrónico
Autres auteurs: Leypoldt, Günter (Éditeur intellectuel), Berg, Manfred, 1959- (Éditeur intellectuel)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Bielefeld : transcript, 2021.
Collection:American studies (Transcript (Firm)) ; Bd. 30.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Cover
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • The Decline of Political Trust and the Rise of Populism in the United States
  • Waning Trust in (Scientific) Experts and Expertise?
  • Shifting Meridians of Global Authority
  • Trust and the City
  • "We must trust that look of hers"
  • "We believe that we have a right to revelations, visions, and dreams from God"
  • The Trust Debate in the Literature of the American Renaissance
  • Authority, Genealogy, Infrastructure
  • Shoppers, Worshippers, Culture Warriors
  • List of Contributors