The Underside of Politics : Global Fictions in the Fog of the Cold War /

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This text argues that, during the Cold War, modern political imagination was held captive by the split between two visions of universality - freedom in the West versus social justice in the East - and by a culture of secrecy that tied national identity to national security.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cucu, Sorin Radu
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Fordham University Press, 2013
Edition:First edition.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Nationalcharakter
Politik
Literatur
Ost-West-Konflikt
Social aspects.
Political fiction.
National characteristics in literature.
Fiction.
Cold War (1945-1989) in literature.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Globalization.
Guerre froide > Aspect social > Europe.
Caracteristiques nationales dans la litterature.
Politique-fiction > Histoire et critique.
Guerre froide dans la litterature.
Cold War > Social aspects > Europe.
Political fiction > History and criticism.
Cold War in literature.
Fiction > 20th century > History and criticism.
Europa
Europe.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : Writing the Cold War : literature, democracy and the global polis
  • Kafka and the Cold War : fantasies of the invisible master
  • The vicissitudes of popular sovereignty
  • National security in the age of the global picture
  • All power to the networks!
  • Concluding remarks : Transnational American studies in the fog of the Cold War.

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