The Truth about Patriotism /

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Critique of the role of patriotism in democratic theory and its manifestation in popular culture as a mode of conceptualizing national cohesion.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Johnston, Steven (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Durham : Duke University Press, 2007.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Politics and government.
Patriotism.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > History & Theory.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Human Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Civil Rights.
Patriotisme > États-Unis.
Patriotism > United States.
United States.
États-Unis > Politique et gouvernement.
United States > Politics and government.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments
  • "Without external picturesqueness," or, why I am not a patriot
  • This patriotism which is not one
  • Iconic drama I: The mortal logic of enmity
  • Iconic drama II: the Socratic way of death
  • The American memorial/monument complex I: political not patriotic
  • The American memorial/monument complex II: the architecture of democratic monuments
  • Patriotism and death: wounded patriotic attachments
  • Bruce Springsteen and the tragedy of the American dream
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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